SUBJECT INDEX 



911 



Rat (continued): 

 kidney lipids, 728 

 liver cholesterol, 713 

 liver lipids, age effect, 715 

 liver phospholipids, 711 

 muscle lipids, 732, 734, 737-741 

 relation of liver vitamin A to plasma 



vitamin A, 369 

 Sf of serum lipoprotein, 376 

 site of cryptoxanthin conversion, 295, 



306 

 tocopherols in plasma, 511 



maternal-fetal transfer, 511, 512 

 vitamin A in intestinal wall, 304 



utilization of various forms, 313-317 

 vitamin K deficiency, 328 

 Rattlesnake, lecithinase A in venom, 24 

 R.E. (see Reticuloendothelial system) 

 Red-berry bryony oil, n-eicosane in, 277 

 Red blood cells (see Erythrocijtes) 

 Reductodehydrocholic acid (see 3a-Hy- 



droxy-7 ,12-diketocholanic acid) 

 Reef-building gorgonia, stearyl alcohol in, 



258 

 Reptiles, bile acids of, 75, 77, 81 

 Respiratory Quotient, carbohydrate-fat 

 conversion and, 539, 540 

 ketone body production and, 722 

 of adipose tissue, 612, 619, 620 

 of lactating udder, 803 

 protein-fat conversion and, 548, 549 

 Reticuloendothelial system, bile acid secre- 

 tion and, 82 

 effect on carotene conversion, 307 

 relation of adipose tissue to, 608 

 Reticulum, in Gaucher's disease, 702 

 Retina, vitamin A content of, 497, 498 

 Retinene (see Vitamin A aldehyde) 

 Retinene 2 conversion to vitamin A 2 , 323 

 Retrolental fibroplasia, blood tocopherols 



in, 520 

 Rheumatic fever, blood cholesterol in, 484 

 Rhodopsin, 367 

 Riboflavin (see also Vitamin B 2 ) 



fatty livers and, 688 

 Rice bran extract, oxidation of linoleic 



acid and, 298 

 Rice germ oil, gadusene in, 278, 714 



Rodentia, bile acids of, 80 

 Roentgenologic method for fat absorption 



study, 133 

 Roman land-snail, cholinesterase in, 29 

 R.Q. (see Respiratory Quotient) 

 Ruminants, fatty acids in depot fat, 523 

 milk fat biosynthesis in, 805, 809 



comparison with non-ruminants, 805, 

 809 



S. (see Svedberg unit, 364) 



Safflowerseed oil, unsaturation of, 590 



Safranine, as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 



Saligenin, as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 



Salivary glands, cholinesterase in, 56 



Salmon, muscle lipids, 736 



Salmon oil, digestibility coefficient, 223 



Sapocholic acid, 79 



Sarcosine, lipotropic action of, 658 



Sardine oil, as diluent for vitamin A, 314 



digestibility coefficient, 223 

 Scarlet fever, hypocholesterolemia in, 483 

 Schafer's concept of fat absorption, 144. 



145, 164 

 Scymnol, 77 



Schizophrenia, blood lipids in, 482 

 Screech-owl, muscle lipids, 735 

 Seal, bile acids of, 78 



milk lipids of, 795 

 Sebum, lipids in, 784-787 

 Sedimentation rate, negative, 364 

 Selachyl alcohol, 258, 714 

 Seminal fluid, cholinesterase in, 56 

 Serine, choline biosynthesis and, 651, 652 



labile methyl formation and, 656 

 Serum, anti-rat-kidney 



cholesterolemia, effect on, 464 

 Sesame oil, digestibility coefficient, 216 



unsaturation of, 590 

 Sex, effect on 



blood lipids, 400, 401, 423 



cholinesterase, 48, 49 



fat, absorption, 179, 180 



fat, digestibility, 228 



fat, distribution in storage depots, 568 



fat, metabolism, 425, 585, 586 



fat, subcutaneous, 580-582 



