Subject Index 



Acetaldehyde, 



formation from pyruvate, 499 



in coenzyme A assay, 603 

 Acetic acid, 91 



as inositol precursor, 355 



formation from pj^ruvic acid, 499 



in coenzyme A assay, 599 



in lipid synthesis, 622-624 



pantothenic acid and, 679 

 Acetoacetic acid, 502, 625 



synthesis of, 618-619 

 Acetobacter suboxydans, inositol oxida- 

 tion by, 326, 331, 333, 337, 347- 

 348, 353-354 

 Acetone, in methyl group synthesis, 27 

 Acetjdase, 16 



Acetylation, in disease, 672 

 Acetylcholine, 2, 49, 123, 380, 381 



adenosine triphosphatase and, 15 



comparative activity of, 124 



fatty acids and, 317 



inactivation of, 17 



in choline estimation, 57 



in growth of microorganisms, 50, 55 



isolation of, 7-8 



niacin and, 576-577 



oxidation of, 33 



pantothenic acid and, 679, 680 



synthesis of, 598-599 



vitamin K and, 440 

 Acetylcholinesterase, 17 

 Acetyl-coenzyme A, 16, 602 



isolation of, 607, 618 

 Acetyl compounds, oxidation of, 502 

 Acetjdkinase, 16-17 

 Acetyl -/3-methylcholine, resemblance to 



acetjdcholine, 124 

 Acetyl phosphate, 607 



arsenolj'sis of, 602 



as acetyl donor, 616, 617 

 3-Acetylpyridine , 



antiniacin effect of, 548-550, 569 



niacin and, 517 



sj'nthesis of, 477 



toxicity of, 532 

 Acetyl transfer, coenzyme A and, 615-621 

 Acetyl tryptophan, 531 

 Aclilorhydria, in pellagra, 560 

 Achromotrichia, in pantothenic acid 



deficiency, 653-655, 667 

 Acidosis, effect on rickets, 260 

 "Active acetate," 615, 617, 625, see also 



Acetyl coenzyme A 

 Actomyosin, 15 



Acyl transfer, coenzyme A and, 620-622 

 Addison's disease, pantothenic acid, and, 



672 

 Adenine, 455, 481, 482 



antiniacin effect of, 548 



as inhibitor, 508 



in pyridine nucleotides, 485, 489 

 Adenine dinucleotide, as inhibitor, 508 

 Adenosine, as inhibitor, 508 

 Adenosine phosphate, 15 

 Adenosine triphosphatase, 15 

 Adenosine triphosphte, 16, 17, 33 



as inhibitor, 508 



estimation of, 511 



in acetyl transfer, 617 



in active methionine formation, 33 



in choline phosphorylation, 19 



in coenzyme A assay, 599 



in coenzyme A synthesis, 603 



in creatine formation, 30-31 



in methylation of niacinamide, 32, 516 



pyridine nucleotides and, 496-498, 506 

 S-Adenosjdmethionine, 29 



in transmethylation, 25, 33 

 Adenylic acid, 507 



in coenzyme A, 603 

 Adrenal cortical hormones, coenzj'me A 



and, 624 

 Adrenal gland, 



achromotrichia and, 655 



coenzyme A in, 614 



fatty liver and, 72-73 



in choline deficiency, 66 



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