912 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Sex {continued): 



fat, tissue, 582-584 



fat, total, 579, 580 



lipase levels, 15 



lipolytic activity of adipose tissue, 622 



response to choline-free diet, 635, 638 



serum carotene, 487, 492, 493 



Sf 10-20 and atherosclerosis, 476 



skin lipids, 778 



susceptibility of kidney to choline defi- 

 ciency, 666 



vitamin A: carotene ratio, 488 



vitamin A in plasma, 501 

 Sex hormones, effect on 



blood lipids, 403, 454-456 

 in chickens, 405 



cholinesterase, 49, 55, 403 



fat deposition, 524, 567 



fatty livers, 686 

 Sf (see Flotation rate) 

 Sheep, absorption of volatile fatty acids, 

 183 



blood lipids, 383 



bone-marrow lipids, 789 



carotene conversion, 305, 333 

 intestinal synthesis, 283 



cholesterol, in adrenals, 765 

 in milk, 794 



cholinesterase, 48 



digestibility of fat in, 221-227, 229 



S/ of serum lipoprotein, 376 



tocopherols in plasma, 510 



vitamin A in intestinal mucosa, 311 



wool lipids, 782 

 Sheep brain, hypercholesterolemia follow- 

 ing ingestion, 267 

 Short-chain acids, absorption, 168 



effect of fasting on, 595, 596 



effect of ingestion on depot fat, 526, 527 

 Shortening, absorption rate, 173, 174 

 Shrimp, muscle lipids, 733, 736 

 Sickle-cell anemia, blood lipids in, 458 

 Silica in digestibility studies, 204, 205 

 3-Sitosterol, absorption, 268 



conversion to 24-ethylcoprostanol, 274 



effect on carcinogen, 281 



on cholesterol absorption, 271 

 Skin, cholesterol, 776-780 



Skin (continued): 

 cholinesterase, 56 

 linolenic acid, 531 

 lipids, 776-782 

 excretion, 337 



general distribution, 776, 777 

 lutein, 295 

 phospholipids, 780 

 waxes, 780, 781 

 Skinfold fat measurements, 555, 556 



effect of age, 575 

 Snake venom, cholinesterase, 57, 58 

 Soap/cholesterol complexes, 153 

 Soaps, absorption, 143 

 metabolic, 199, 218 

 Sodium acetate, absorption, 181, 183 

 Sodium butyrate, absorption, 183, 184 

 Sodium caproate, absorption, 184 

 Sodium chloride, effect on cholinesterase, 



30,35 

 Sodium glycocholate, 7, 70 



surface tension of fatty acids in, 1 10 

 Sodium propionate, absorption, 183 

 Sodium taurocholate, 7, 70 

 "Soft pork," 534-538 

 Sorbitol, effect on fatty liver metabolism, 



696 

 Sow, milk cholesterol, 794 

 Soy sterols, 270, 271 



effect on lipemia, 432 

 Soybean oil, absorption rate, 174 

 digestibility coefficient, 216, 218 



effect of heating, 232, 233 

 effect on lipemia, 412 

 gadusene in, 278, 714 

 lipase action on, 12 

 soft pork problem and, 536 

 Soybeans, effect on plasma vitamin A in 



calves, 506 

 Species, effect on 



bile salts composition, 80-82 

 blood lipids, 382, 383 



cholesterol ester: total cholesterol, 390 

 effect of fasting, 421-423 

 hypercholesterolemia production, 419 

 lipoproteins, 376 

 phospholipids, 358 

 brain lipids, 755-757 



