SUBJECT INDEX 



877 



Blood serum (continued): 

 esterase, 15 

 human, lycopene in, 294 



vitamin A ester in, 305 

 lipase vs. tributyrin, 10, 17 

 lipids in various species, 383 

 lipolytic action, 10 

 phospholipids in, 358, 359 

 rat, vitamin A in, 305 

 vitamin A-ester — hydrolyzing factor in, 

 369 

 Bloor's theory of fat absorption, 159 

 BMR (see Basal metabolic rate) 

 Body fat (see also Adipose tissue) 

 carbohydrates as source of, 538-546 



experimental proof of conversion, 

 538-540 



mechanism of conversion, 541 



site of conversion, 540, 541 

 concept of variable and constant com- 

 ponents, 597, 598 

 constant component, 598-602 

 content, normal, 565-567 

 dietary fat as source of, 524-538 

 effect of diet, 591, 593 



of environmental temperature, 586- 

 588 



of exercise, on distribution, 591, 592 



of inanition, 593-596, 603 



of ovariectomy, 584, 585 



of sex, 579, 580, 584 



of thyroxine, 596, 597 

 metabolic activities of, 541 

 odd-number C acids, ingestion and, 527, 



528 

 protein as source of, 546-553 



proof of conversion, 546-549 



through carbohydrate, 549-553 

 short-chain acids ingestion and, 526, 



527 

 soft pork problem, 534-538 

 unsaturated fat ingestion and, 528-536 



arachidonic, 532, 533 



elaeostearic, 532 



elaidic, 529, 530 



linoleic, 530 



linolenic, 530, 531 



oleic, 528, 529 



Body fat determination, 553-565 

 density measurements, 557-559 

 direct analyses, 553 

 standard weight tables, 553, 554 

 subcutaneous fat estimates, 554-557 

 use of body water content, 559-565 

 antipyrine technic, 561, 562 

 deuterium oxide technic, 560, 561 

 formula for calculation, 563 

 urea technic, 559, 560 

 use of fat-soluble indicators, 565 

 Body water 

 determination of body fat and, 559-565 

 573, 575 

 antipyrine technic, 561, 562 

 deuterium oxide technic, 560, 561 

 urea technic, 559, 560 

 Boidae, bile acids in, 74 

 Bone, lecithinase, 26 

 Bone-marrow, batyl alcohol in, 258, 714 

 in Gaucher's disease, 703 

 lipids in, 789 

 stearyl alcohol in, 258 

 BPX (see Monohydroxypyrene) 

 Brain, acetylcholine, 60, 61, 750-752 

 arachidonic acid, 532, 725 

 cerebrosides, 747-749 

 cholesterol, 749 



cholinesterase, 34, 41, 42, 47, 53-55 

 esterase, 14 



ethanolamine-O-phosphoric acid, 750 

 function of lipids, 741 

 inositol, 750 



inositol phospholipid in, 676, 744 

 lecithinase, 26 



lipids composition of, 741-755 

 distribution in cells, 754, 755 

 effect of age, 757-759 

 of brain area, 759, 760 

 of diet, 760, 761 

 of insulin, 761 

 of species, 755-757 

 in Niemann-Pick's disease, 700 

 in rat, 570 



in Tay-Sachs' disease, 701, 702 

 lipids turnover in, 525 

 phospholipids, 742, 744-747 

 proteolipids, 749, 750 



