902 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Maternal-fetal transfer (continued): 

 of carotene and vitamin A, 489, 490, 716 

 of tocopherols, 511-513 

 Meconium, absence of vitamin K in, 332 



cetyl alcohol in, 255, 341 

 Meerwein-Pondorf reduction, applied to 



ketocholanic acids, 88 ♦ 

 Melonseed oil, digestibility coefficient, 216 

 Melting point, effect of environmental 

 temperature on body fat, 586-588 

 of site of deposition on body fat, 587 

 effect on fat absorption, 184, 185 



on fat digestibility, 218-220, 229-231 

 of bile acids, 86, 87 

 of choleic acids, 94, 96-98, 101 

 of chyle fat, as compared to ingested, 167 

 of common fats, 175 

 of elaidic acid, 529 

 of fecal fats, 345, 346 

 of trielaidin, 529 

 Melting point diagram, composition of 



choleic acid and, 105, 106 

 Menadione, 328 

 Menstruation, effect on blood lipids, 402, 



403 

 Mental diseases, cholinesterase and, 51, 52 

 Mesenteric fat, effect of diet, 593 

 of ovariectomy, 585 

 of thyroxine, 585 

 in rat, 568 

 Metabolic fat, 197, 201, 202 

 Metabolic lipid, 197, 201, 202 

 Metabolic soaps, 199, 218 

 Methanol, labile methyl formation and, 



656 

 Methionine 

 as lipotropic agent, 644-651, 663, 674 



minimum necessary, 646 

 effect of excessive doses, 670 

 effect on blood lipids, 432 

 methylation of guanidoacetic acid, 658 

 Methionine sulfonide, in transmethyla- 

 tion, 660 

 Methoxynine (see Oxymethionine) 

 Methyl alcohol as cholinesterase inhibitor, 



35 

 Methylaminoethanol, in transmethylation, 

 654, 655 



Methyl-3-butyrylcholine, 32 

 Methylcholanthrene, 279 



digestibility coefficient, 280, 281 

 2 - Methyl - 3 - difarnesyl - 1,4 - naphtho- 

 quinone (Vitamin K 2 ), 330 

 Methylethylthetin, 667 

 Methylhydroxy purines, as cholinesterase 



inhibitors, 37 

 S-Methylisothiourea, lipotropic action of, 



649 

 Methyl linoleate, effect on carotene in 



gastrointestinal tract, 297, 300 

 Methyl linolenate, effect on carotene in 



gastrointestinal tract, 297 

 2-Methyl-l,4-naphthoquinone (see also 

 Menadione) 

 effect on choline acetylase, 65 

 2 - Methyl - 1,4 - naphthoquinone - 8- 

 sulfonic acid 

 effect on choline acetylase, 65 

 N'-Methylnicotinamide, lipotropic action 



of, 684 

 2 - Methyl - 3 - phytyl - 1,4 - naphthoqui- 

 none (Vitamin K,), 330 

 Methyl-2-propionylcholine, 32 

 Methyl xanthogenate, lipotropic action of, 



649 

 Methylene blue, as cholinesterase in- 

 hibitor, 35 

 Mice, destruction of cholesterol in gastro- 

 intestinal tract, 265 

 effect of fasting on blood lipids, 422 

 hereditary obesity in, 631, 632 

 liver cholesterol, 713 

 muscle lipids, 734 

 Microsomes, cholinesterase in liver, 55 



lipids in, 606, 607, 755 

 Milk fat, 791-810 

 carotene in, 502 

 cholesterol in, 792-794 

 colostrum vs. mature, 795, 796 

 composition, 791-794 

 effect of hormones, 797, 798 

 of season, 796, 797 

 of species, 794, 795 

 erucic acid in, 525 

 fatty acids in, 791, 792 

 lipoprotein in, 371 



