SUBJECT INDEX 



743 



Arachidonic acid, 268, 274, 284 



effect in deficiency, 278-280 



effect on gizzard erosion, 402 



formation from linoleate, 281 



isolation of, 271-272 

 Arecoline, 574 



toxicity of, 571 

 Arsenate, 510 



Arsenite, methylation of, 51 

 Arsenocholine, 40 



effect in choline deficiency, 66 



in growth of microorganisms, 50 



in lecithin synthesis, 49 



in perosis, 94, 97 



oxidation of, 34 

 Arsenolysis, in coenzyme A assay, 601- 



602 

 Arteriosclerosis, choline and, 99 

 Arthritis, 261, 264 

 Ascorbic acid, 694 



choline oxidase and, 37-38 



inositol and, 356 



in pantothenic acid deficiency, 651- 

 652, 673, 687 



pantothenic acid requirement and, 685 

 Asparagine, niacin sj'nthesis and, 523 

 Aspartic acid, /3-alanine and, 627 

 Atabrine, 



effect in choline deficiency, 67 



effect on choline oxidase, 38-39 

 Atherosclerosis, 



choline and, 102 



inositol and, 373-374 

 ATP, see Adenosine triphosphate 

 Aureomycin, pantothenic acid require- 

 ment £ind, 685-686 

 Autonomic nervous sj'stem, effect of 

 choline on, 123 



B 



Benzedrine, effect on choline oxidase, 36 

 Benzoic acid, 41, 42 



in glj^cine deficiency, 84 

 Benzoyl peroxide, fatty acids and, 286 

 Beri-beri, 674 



pantothenic acid and, 637, 690 

 Betaine, 6, 20, 51,83,91,516 



as methyl donor, 25, 29, 33 



demethjiation of, 40 



effect on choline requirement, 2, 41, 

 45-48, 66, 68, 71-72, 103, 128, 129 



effect on perosis, 94, 97 



fate of, 92-93 



formate formation from, 41 



formation of, 25, 33, 39 



in choline estimation, 53 



in choline isolation, 7 



in creatine formation, 31 



in growth of microorganisms, 50, 55 



in hippuric acid formation, 41 



in methionine formation, 23 



in methylation, 23 



niacin toxicity and, 573 



oxidation of, 43 



physiological activity of, 124 



relation to choline and glycine, 40 



requirements of chick, 94-95 



separation of, 10 



utilization by guinea pig, 38 



vitamin B12 and, 84 

 Betaine aldehyde, 127 



as methyl donor, 25 



effect on choline oxidase, 35 



oxidation of, 33-34, 35, 39 

 Betaine aldehyde oxidase, 127 



localization of, 36 

 Betaine-homocysteine transmethylase, 



vitamin B12 and, 85 

 Bile, 134 



effect on vitamin D absorption, 259 



in vitamin K absorption, 423, 424-425 

 Bilineurine, see Choline 

 Biotin, 655, 694 



burning feet syndrome and, 677 



deficiency, distinction from panto- 

 thenic acid deficiency, 659 



effect in inositol deficiency, 343, 367- 

 368, 369 



fatty liver and, 80, 81 



pantothenic acid and, 671-672, 685 



perosis and, 94, 97 

 Bismuth salts, in choline isolation, 7 

 Blacktongue, 453, 480 



pathological changes in, 565-567 



symptoms of, 553 

 Blatella germanica, choline deficiency 



in, 103 

 Blood, in pantothenic acid deficiency, 653 

 Blood-clotting time, in vitamin K assaj^ 



406-407 

 Blood pressure, effect of choline on, 123 

 Bone development, 



