THE VITAMIN B COMPLEX 



Lipotropic action of inositol, 572, 591, 



602. 

 Listerella monocytogenes, 204. 

 Liver, vitamin content of, 44, 166, 180, 



234. 316, 363, 423, 483. 537, 551, 



570. 57i» 588. 



— damage, riboflavine and, 200. 



— extracts, comparative anti-pemi- 



cious anaemia activity of, 537. 



, " crude ", 530. 



, proteolysed, 530, 531. 



, " refined ", 530. 



— L casei factor, 457, 463, 467, 468, 



471, 472. 477. 

 Lophiodermum pinastri, 109, 438. 

 Luciferin, 197. 

 Lumichrome, 137. 

 Lumiflavine, 134, 136, 209. 

 Luminescence, 197, 198. 

 Lupus erythematosus, 247. 

 Lutidine, 215. 

 Lycomarasmin, 617. 

 Lymphogranuloma venereum, 558. 

 Lyochrome, 134. 

 Lysine, 195, 628. 

 — , €-acetyl-, 195. 

 — , €-benzoyl-, 195. 

 — , c-methyl-, 195. 

 — , pantoyl-, 396. 

 Lysine decarboxylase, 331, 332. 

 Lysozyme, 427, 

 Lyxoflavine, 267. 



Mackerel, vitamin content of, 165, 233. 

 Maize, association with pellagra, 211, 



233, 240, 271. 

 — , vitamin content of, 43, 164, 232, 



316, 363. 537. 550, 571. 587- 

 Maleic acid, 197. 



Malic acid, 442, 443, 444, 625, 626, 627. 

 Man, aneurine requirements of, 82-84. 

 biotin requirements of, 437. 

 choline requirements of, 594-595. 

 effect of ^-aminobenzoic acid de- 

 ficiency in, 553-554- 

 — • aneurine deficiency in, 56-61. 



— biotin deficiency in, 432. 



— choline deficiency in, 593. 



— folic acid deficiency in, 495-503, 



— inositol deficiency in, 575. 



— nicotinic acid deficiency in, 240- 

 249. 



— pantothenic acid deficiency in, 

 372. 



— pyridoxine deficiency in, 322- 



325- 



— riboflavine deficiency in, 173- 

 177. 



folic acid requirements of, 507. 

 inositol requirements of, 576. 



Man, nicotinic acid requirements of, 272- 



273. 

 — , riboflavine^requirements of, 187-188. 

 — , vitamin Bja requirements of, 538- 



539. 

 Manure, vitamin content of, 114, 341, 



424. 559, 578. 

 Marasmius androsaceus, 438. 

 Mat6, vitamin content of, 44, 167. 

 Meat, vitamin content of, 44, 166, 234, 



316, 363, 537, 567. 571, 587, 588. 

 Melanin, association with riboflavine, 



166. 

 Melanospora destruens, 109. 

 Melons, vitamin content of, 588. 

 Meniere syndrome, 247. 

 Mepacrine, 209, 



— , inhibition of enzyme action by, 196. 

 Mepacrine-resistant Pneumococci, 204. 

 Meso-inositol. See Inositol. 

 Methionine, 254, 260, 261, 446, 556, 563, 



583. 590, 595. 597. 598-602. 

 — , N-methyl-, 195. 

 Methionine deaminase, 444. 

 Methionol, 119. 



" Methoxy-pyridoxine ". See Pyridox- 

 ine, 4-methyl-. 

 Methyl pantothenone, 400, 

 Methylation in vivo, 254, 255, 258, 259, 



260, 261, 288, 598-602. 

 Methylglyoxal, 91. 

 Methylglyoxalase, 92, 93. 

 Mice, effect of vitamin deficiency in, 



169. 319. 424. 489. 490, 551, 572. 

 — , vitamin requirements of, 82, 188, 



378, 608. 

 Microbiological assay of ^-aminobenzoic 



acid, 549-550- 



aneurine, 32-37. 



biotin, 421-422. 



choline, 587. 



folic acid, 481. 



inositol, 569. 



nicotinic acid, 226-229. 



pantothenic acid, 360. 



pyridoxine, 311-313. 



riboflavine, 157-159. 



vitamin B12, 534-535- 



Micrococcus lysodeikticus, 97. 

 Micro-organisms, ^-aminobenzoic acid 



in nutrition of, 555-559- 

 — , aneurine in nutrition of, 105-113. 

 — , biotin in nutrition of, 438-441. 

 — , choline in nutrition of, 596-597. 

 — , folic acid in nutrition of, 509-511. 

 — , inositol in nutrition of, 577-578. 

 — , nicotinic acid in nutrition of, 281- 



286. 

 — , pantothenic acid in nutrition of, 



380-389. 



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