918 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Uricase, effect of fatty liver on, 696 

 Urine, excretion of bile salts, 114 

 excretion of cholesterol, 337 

 excretion of desoxycholic acid, 90 

 Ursodesoxycholic acid, 72, 73, 86-88 

 Uterine mucosa, lipids in, 774, 775 

 phospholipids in, 600 



Vaccenic acid, in milk, 796, 797 

 "Vagusstoff" (see Acetylcholine) 

 Valeric acid, absorption rate, 182, 183 

 Variable component, 597 



nature of, 602, 603 

 Vaselin, absorption, 275 

 Vegetable fats, digestibility coefficients, 216 

 effect of environmental temperature on, 

 588-591 

 Vegetables, availability of carotene from, 

 287, 292 

 digestibility of carotene from, 301 

 Venous blood, acetic acid in human, 351 

 Ventricle, lipid content of, 734, 735 

 Veratrine, as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 

 Veritol, as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 

 Verzar's theory of fat absorption (see 



Lipolytic Theory) 

 Vesicants, effect on cholinesterase, 44 

 Vihi, 118, 150 

 arteries and, 122 

 phospholipids in, 161 

 transfer of fat from mucosa to, 164, 165 

 structure in various parts of intestine, 

 120 

 Viosterol, 324, 325 



Vitamin A (see also Vitamin A acetate, 

 Vitamin A aldehyde, Vitamin A 

 esters, Vitamin A palmitate), 310-323 

 absorption from intestine, 310-322, 335 



factors influencing, 312-320 

 absorption of fatty acids and, 240, 312 

 alcohol vs. esters, utilization, 313-317, 



369 

 and nutritional status, 506, 507 

 antithyroid action of, 319 

 aqueous dispersion of, utilization, 317- 



319 

 deficiency, 507 



Vitamin A 



distribution, effect of x-radiation, 320 

 esterification in intestinal wall, 322 

 from vitamin A aldehyde, 304, 322, 323 

 in blood, effect of age, 490-492 



effect of carotene ingestion, 495-497 

 of deficient diet on, 505 

 of hormones, 494, 495 

 of ingestion, 497-502 

 of massive doses, 502-505 

 of parturition, 494 

 of sex, 492, 493, 501 

 maternal-fetal transfer, 489, 490 

 normal range, human, 379, 487, 488 

 protein complexes, 366-369 

 relation to liver levels of, 501, 502 

 seasonal variations, 493 

 transport, 333-335, 350, 368, 369 

 sparing action of tocopherols on, 299 

 stability in intestine, 320-322 

 storage, 708 



age effect, 716 

 tolerance curves, 312-316, 498-501 

 transformation of carotenoids into, 304- 

 306 

 effect of thyroid, 307-310 

 site other than intestine, 306, 307 

 Vitamin A acetate, free and esterified, in 

 blood, following administration, 499- 

 501 

 utilization, 313-317 

 Vitamin A aldehyde, 304 

 absorption, 322, 323 

 complexes with protein, 368 

 transformation into vitamin A, 322, 323 

 Vitamin A esters, free and esterified, in 

 blood, following administration, 499- 

 501 

 hydrolysis, 311, 312 

 utilization, 313-317 

 Vitamin A palmitate, free and esterified, in 

 blood, following administration, 499- 

 501 

 utilization of aqueous solution of, 318 

 Vitamin Bi (see also Thiamine) 

 as cholinesterase inhibitor, 35 

 effect on lipemia, 435 



