SUBJECT INDEX 



887 



Digestibility coefficient (continued): 

 of cholesterol, 266, 267 

 of higher aliphatic alcohols, 256, 258 

 of high-melting fats, 218-220 

 of low-melting fats, 215-218 

 of natural fats in various species, 221- 



225 

 of oleomargarines, 220, 221 

 of polycyclic hydrocarbons, 280 

 of triglycerides and fatty acids, 225- 



227 

 of waxes, 252, 253 

 Digestibility of fats (see also Digestibility 

 of lipids) 

 factors influencing, 227-246 

 normal, 227-240 

 pathologic, 240-246 

 Digestibility of lipids, chemical indices of, 

 203-207 

 methods for the study of, 196-215 

 in dogs, 202 

 in humans, 196-199 

 in rats, 199-202 

 methods of calculation, 212-215 

 Digestion, of carotenoids, 282 

 of cholesterol, 259-275 

 of fats, 134-142 



effect of age on, 400 

 in intestine, 136-142 

 in stomach, 5, 135 

 in vitro studies, 139 

 of hydrocarbons, 275-282 

 Diglycerides, and digestibility of marga- 

 rine, 221 

 in nerve tissue, 743 



role in fat absorption, 138-142, 151, 163, 

 188 

 Dihydrocholesterol, 266, 269 

 effect on carcinogenesis, 281 



on cholesterol absorption, 271 

 in liver, 713 

 Dihydrosphingosine, in sphingomyelin, 



746 

 22-Dihydrostigmasterol (see ^-Sitosterol) 

 Dihydroxyacetone, in fat synthesis, 163 

 3a,6/3-Dihydroxyallocholanic acid, 88 

 3,7-Dihydroxycholanic acid (see Cheno- 

 desoxycholic acid) 



3,12-Dihydroxycholanic acid (see Desoxy- 



cholic acid) 

 Dihydroxycholanic acids, 86 

 3,12-Dihydroxy-7-ketocholanic acid, 73 

 7,12-Dihydroxy-3-ketocholanic acid, 73 

 Diisopropyl fluorophosphate, cholinester- 



ase inhibition by, 37-42 

 3,6-Diketoallocholanic acid, 88 

 Dimethylacetal value, of liver plasmalo- 



gen, 711 

 p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene (see Butter 



yellow) 

 Dimethylaminoethanol, effect on growth, 

 665 



on perosis, 669 

 in transmethylation, 654, 655, 660 

 3,3-Dimethylbutylacetate, cholinesterase 



action on, 33, 34 

 Dimethyl disulfide, lipotropic action of 



649 

 Dimethylpropiothetin, as lipotropic agent, 



687 

 Dimethyl sulfide, lipotropic action of, 649 

 Dimethylthetin, 667 

 Diphenylhydantoin, 43 

 Diphosphoinositide in brain, 750 

 Distearomonoolein, digestibility coeffi- 

 cient, 231 

 Distearyl citrate (see Stearyl citrate) 

 D:N ratio (dextrose/nitrogen), 551 

 A 13,14 -Docosenoic acid, in jojoba oil, 251 

 A 13il4 -Docosenol, digestibility, 259 



in jojoba oil, 251 

 Dog, absorption of cetyl alcohol, 256 

 arachidonic acid in depot fat, 533 

 bile cholesterol, 339 

 blood carotene, 285, 303 

 blood lipids, 383 



cholesterol ester: total, 390 

 effect of anemia, 457 

 of fasting, 421 

 of pancreatectomy, 444-446 

 fatty acids, iodine value, 353 

 following nephrectomy, 465 

 variations in the level of, 391-393 

 body water content, 559 

 bone-marrow lipids, 789 

 brain acetylcholine, 751 



