898 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Kidney (continued): 

 esterase, 14 

 free fatty acids in, 712 

 lipid composition of, 570, 728-731 

 effect of age, 577, 728, 729 

 of diet, 729 

 phosphatase, 41 

 phospholipids in, 729, 730 



effect of choline-deficient diet, 726, 



730 

 synthesis, 394 

 turnover, 667 

 proteolipids in, 749 

 relation to fatty livers, 689 

 removal of choline by, 380 

 Koprosterin (see Coprosterol) 

 "Kwashiorkor," liver lipids in, 727 

 plasma lipase and esterase level, 18 



Labeled fats, use for fecal fat determina- 

 tion, 241, 242 

 Labile methyl groups, choline biosynthesis 



and, 655-657 

 Lactation, effect of choline on, 668 

 Lactogenic hormone (see Hormone, lacto- 

 genic) 

 a-Lagodesoxycholic acid, 74, 86, 87 

 Lamb, muscle lipids, 736 

 Lanocerotic acid, in wool wax, 784 

 Lanolin, absorption, 275 



sterols in, 270 

 Lanopalmic acid, in wool wax, 783 

 Lanosterol, 270 



in hair, 783 

 Lard, absorption rate, 173, 174, 176, 177 



bland, digestibility coefficient, 231 

 effect of calcium, 235, 236, 238, 239 



digestibility coefficient, 231 



effect on lipemia, 411 



hydrogenated (see Hydrogenated lard) 



physical constants, 234 



prevention of rickets, 324 



prime steam (see Prime steam lard) 

 Laurie acid, absorption rate, 182 



digestibility, 226 



in liver, 710 

 Lauryl alcohol, in skin, 781 



LCF (see Leuconostoc citrovorum factor) 

 Lecithin, 24 

 as constant component, 600 

 as emulsifying agent, 185 

 digestion and absorption of, 247-250 

 effect of choline in synthesis, 662-664 



of fasting on, 599 



on atherosclerosis, 481 



on carotene absorption, 288 



on cholesterol absorption, 264, 418 



on fat absorption, 185-187 



on fat digestibility, 235 



on lipemia, 417 



on margarine utilization, 221 

 fatty acid composition of, 679 

 hydrolysis in small intestine, 248 

 in blood, 358-360 



effect of dietary fat on, 413 



in erythrocytes, 384 



in lipoproteins, 360 



in various species, 383 



transport, 350 



turnover, 395 

 in bone-marrow, 789 

 in brain, 742, 744, 757 

 in corpus luteum, 772 

 in egg yolk, 812 

 in gastric mucosa, 789 

 in hair, 782 

 in kidney, 728 

 in liver, 710, 711 

 in lung, 787, 788 

 in milk, 792 

 in mitochondria, 605 

 in muscles, 733, 736 

 in nervous tissue, 743, 764 

 in pancreas, 788 

 in skin, 780 



synthesis in intestine, 159 

 Lecithinases, 4, 23-26 



A, 23, 24 



B, 24, 248 

 C,24 

 D,25 

 pancreatic, 150 



Leprosy, blood carotene and vitamin A, 

 508 

 blood cholesterol in, 484 



