Vlll CONTENTS 



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II. Chemistry 132 



Charles E. Bills 



III. Industrial Preparation 210 



Charles E. Bills 



IV. Estimation 215 



Charles E. Bills 



V. Standardization of Activity 221 



Charles E. Bills 

 VI. Effects of Deficiency 223 



A. In Animals 223 



James H. Jones 



B. In Pathology of Human Beings 232 



Benjamin Kramer and Abram Kanof 



VII. Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 248 



Benjamin Kramer and Abram Kanof 

 VIII. Requirements 253 



A. Of Animals 253 



James H. Jones 



B. Of Human Beings 257 



Benjamin Kramer and A. Kanof 



CHAPTER 7. ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS 



I. Nomenclature and Formulas 268 



Robert S. Harris 



II. Chemistry 268 



Ralph T. Holman 



III. Biochemical Systems 277 



Ralph T. Holman 



IV. Specificity of Action 278 



Ralph T. Holman 



V. Biogenesis and Metabolism 280 



Ralph T. Holman 



VI. Estimation 286 



Ralph T. Holman 



VII. Occurrence in Foods 291 



Ralph T. Holman 

 VIII. Effects of Deficiency 292 



A. In Animals and Insects 292 



Ralph T. Holman 



B . In Human Beings 300 



Arild E. Hansen and Hilda F. Wiese 



IX. Pharmacology 311 



Arild E. Hansen and George A. Emerson 



X. Requirements 318 



Ralph T. Holman 



CHAPTER 8. INOSITOLS 



I. Nomenclature and Formula 322 



Robert S. Harris 



