SUBJECT INDEX 



879 



Carbohydrates (continued): 



site of conversion, 540, 541, 620 

 thyroxine effect on, 616 

 as source of milk fat, 803, 804 

 effect on choline biosynthesis, 652 

 on fatty livers, 634 

 Carbon tetrachloride, effect on lipemia, 486 



fatty livers, 688 

 Carboxypeptidase, as anti-fatty-liver fac- 

 tor, 673, 674 

 Carcinogenic and related hydrocarbons, 



279-282 

 Cardiazol, as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 

 Carnivora, bile acids of, 80 



production of hyperlipemia in, 411 

 Carotenase, 304 



a-Carotene (see also Carotenoids) 

 absorption, 293, 294 



criterion of, 282, 283 

 digestibility coefficient, 300 

 distribution, 293 



in human plasma, age effect, 490-492 

 provitamin A activity, 293 

 transformation into vitamin A, 306 

 /3-Carotene (see also Carotenoids) 

 absorption, 283-293 

 criterion of, 283-285 

 principal site, 285 

 changes in intestinal wall, 303-310 

 choleic compound, 95 

 digestibility coefficient, 303 

 effect of dosage level, 301 



offoodgivensimultaneously,301,302 

 of thyroxine and thiouracil, 302, 

 303 

 effect of massive doses, 502 

 factors affecting absorption, 285-293 

 bile, 286 



emulsifying agents, 288, 289 

 fat feeding, 286-288 

 mineral oil, 290 

 surface area, 285 



thyroxine and thiouracil, 289, 290 

 tocopherol, 291 

 xanthophylls, 291-293 

 in blood, 350, 365-367 

 effect of age, 490-492 

 of diet, 495-497, 505 



j3-Carotene (continued): 

 of hormones, 494 

 maternal-fetal transfer, 489, 490 

 normal values, 486, 487 

 parturition, 494 

 seasonal variations, 493 

 sex influence, 492, 493 

 transformation into vitamin A, 284, 285, 

 304-306, 332, 708 

 effect of thyroid, 307-310 

 in vitro, 305, 306 

 site other than intestine, 306, 307 

 Carotenemia, 284, 308 



effect of carotene ingestion on, 495 



massive doses, 502 

 in diabetes, 507 

 Carotenoids, absorption study, 282 

 changes in intestinal wall, 303-310 

 digestibility of, 300-303 

 in blood and lymph, 332, 333, 365-368 



normal range, 379, 486-488 

 /3-lipoprotein and, 373 

 stereoisomeric forms of, 296, 297 



provitamin A potency, 296 

 transformation into vitamin A, 304-306 

 effect of thyroid, 307-310 

 site other than intestine, 306, 307 

 Caroto-albumin, 366 

 Carp, esterase, 15, 18 



fatty acids in fat depots, 523 

 liver phospholipids, 711 

 muscle lipids, 732 

 Carrot, carotene absorption from, 287 

 digestibility, 301 

 carotenemia following ingestion, 502 

 lecithinase C in, 24 

 Casein, as lipotropic agent, 643, 652 

 Castor-bean lipase (see Lipases, ricinus) 

 Castor-oil, as diluent for vitamin A, 314 

 digestibility of, 215, 222 

 species effect on, 224 

 lipase action on, 12 

 Castration, effect of body fat distribution 



582, 584, 585 

 Cat, blood lipids, 382 



effect of fasting on, 422 

 body water content, 559 

 bone-marrow lipids, 789 



