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SUBJECT INDEX 



Lysocephalin, 444, 445 

 "Lysocithin" (see Lysolecithin) 

 Lysolecithin, 419, 420 



composition, 420 



in synthesis of lecithin, 414 



specific rotation, 420 

 Lysosphingomyelin, 460 



M 



Mackerel liver oil, cholesterol in, 327 



vitamin A in, 675, 676 



vitamins D in, 772 



vitamin D3 in, 776 

 Madagascar wax, 376 

 Madrone (see Arhutus) 

 Magnesium arc for irradiation, 759 

 Magnesium oxide, adsorbent action, 658 

 Magnesium soaps, solubility, 71 

 Magnolia leaves, carotenes in, 519, 535 

 Mahogany tree, crocetin from, 599, 600 

 Malabar tallow (see Dhupa talloic) 

 Malay lac tree nut oil (see Kusum oil) 

 Malayan creeper seed fat, glyceride com- 

 position, 233 

 Malonic acid, discovery, 42 



physical constants, 49 

 Mallow leaves, carotenes in, 519 

 Mammary gland, cholesterol in, 325 



tocopherols in, 799 

 Mandarine, )3-carotene in, 523 



cryptoxanthin in, 550 



lutein in, 557 

 Mango, carotenes in, 520, 523, 536 



lutein ester in, 557 

 Man, rhodopsin in, 682 



vitamin A content, 684 



vitamin D in, 747 

 Maniladiol, as probable triterpene, 386 

 Mare milk fat, composition, 195 

 Margaraldehyde, constants, 128 

 Margaric acid 



boiling point, 110 



density, 100 



in Ghedda wax, 367 



long spacings, 97 



melting point, 50 



molecular refractivity, 104 



molecular volume, 102 



refractive index, 104 



solubility, in benzene, 59, 60 

 in n-butanol, 61 

 in cyclohexane, 59, 60 



Margaric acid (continued) : 

 in ethanol, 61, 62 

 in isopropanol, 62, 63 

 in organic solvents, 63-65 

 in water, 57-59 



specific gravity, 100 



viscosity, 107 



water solubility in, 57-59 



x-ray diffraction pattern, 93 

 Margaric anhydride, melting point, 135 

 Margarine, tocopherols in, 798 

 Margaryl alcohol, constants, 307 

 Margosa oil, glyceride composition, 233 

 Marigold flowers, carotenes in, 521 



helenien in, 559 



lutein esters in, 556, 557 



lycopene in, 545 



physalien in, 559 



violaxanthin in, 567 

 Marine birds, composition of fat, 192 



vitamins D in, 774 

 Marine dorado, astaxanthin in, 591 

 Mayer's reagent, in choline determina- 

 tion, 429 

 Melissic (CaO acid, discoveiy, 12 



in carnauba wax, 374 



in tree bark waxes, 379 



in yellow beeswax, 366 



long spacings, 97 



physical constants, 45 

 Melissyl alcohol (see also n-Myricyl al- 

 cohol) 



in tree bark wax, 379 

 Melissyl (Cai) cerotate (.Cz,), melting 



point, 362 

 Melissyl (C31) margarate, in Ghedda wax, 

 365 



melting point, 362 

 Melissyl (C31) melissate (Csi), melting 



point, 362 

 Melting point 



chain length and, 50 



geometrical configuration and, 53, 54 



interesterification, effect on, 238 



iodine number and, 238 



number of double bonds and, 52 



of capsanthin esters, 577 



of carotenes, 518, 519 



of carotenoids, 602-605 



of cholesterol, 330 



of cholesterol esters, 330, 331 



of common fats, 236-238 



of dicarboxylic acids, 49 



