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SUBJECT INDEX 



Acetyl-/3-methylcholine, 30, 35, 44, 47, 54 

 Acholic components, 95-101, 105 



cholesterol, 261 

 Acidosis, hyperlipemia and, 449-452 

 Acromegaly, hyperlipemia in, 441 

 Adenosine-5-monophosphate (see AMP) 

 ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), 

 effect on 

 acetylcholine synthesis, 65 

 adipose tissue, 615 

 adrenal cholesterol, 767 

 atherogenesis, 469 

 blood lipids, 442 

 fatty livers, 686 

 Adenosine triphosphate (see ATP) 

 Addison's disease, blood cholesterol in, 

 441 

 fat absorption in, 189, 190 

 Adipokinin, as fat-mobilizing hormone, 

 613, 722 

 fatty livers and, 684, 685, 688 

 Adipose tissue (see also Body fat) 

 brown vs. white, 622, 623 

 carbohydrate-fat transformation in, 620 

 changes in composition, 609-618 

 fat synthesis, 611, 612 

 mobilization, 610, 611 

 saturation, 610 

 control of fat metabolism in, 612-618 

 hormonal, 612-616 

 metabolism of cells, 612 

 nervous, 616-618 

 enzyme activity in, 620-622 

 glycogen deposition in, 618, 619 

 innervation and blood supply, 608, 609 

 nature of, 607, 608 

 normal metabolism of, 619, 620 

 Qo, of, 620 



vs. connective tissue, 608 

 Adrenal cortex, effect on 

 adipose tissue, 614, 615 

 blood lipids, 441-444 

 fat absorption, 189-191 

 fatty acid absorption, 144, 148, 154, 156, 



157, 162, 169, 184 

 fatty livers, 685, 686, 688 

 liver lipids, 724, 725 

 phosphorylation in intestine, 157 



Adrenalectomy, effect on 



fat absorption, 156, 157, 169, 184, 190 



fat transfer, 724 

 Adrenalin, effect on 



adrenal lipids, 768 



blood vitamin A, 494 



cholinesterase, 36 

 Adrenal medulla 



lipid composition of, 767 

 Adrenals, arachidonic acid in, 533, 765, 

 770 



cholesterol in, 765-769 

 effect of age, 766 

 possible role, 769 



lipids in, 765-770 



phospholipids in, 770 



plasmalogens in, 770 

 Adrenocorticotropic hormone (see ACTH) 

 Agar-agar, effect on fecal fat, 344 

 Age, effect on 



absorption of fats, 178, 179 



blood lipids, 396-410 



bone-marrow lipids, 789 



cholesterol in adrenals, 766 



cholesterol deposition in aorta, 466 



cholinesterase activity, 46-48 



digestibility of fats, 227 



essential lipids, distribution, 569, 572, 

 573 



fatty liver formation, 639 



kidney lipids, 729 



liver lipids, 715, 716 



muscle lipids, 737, 738 



phospholipid turnover, 667 



plasma carotene and vitamin A, 490- 

 492 



serum lipoprotein?, 376 



skin lipids, 778 



susceptibility of kidney to choline defi- 

 ciency, 666 



tissue lipid composition, 575-579 



tissue lipid content, 573-575 



vitamin A absorption rate, 312 

 Agnosterol, 270 



in hair, 783 

 Albuminuria, cholinesterase and, 51 

 Alcohols, effect on cholinesterase, 44 



effect on lipemia, 434 



