SUBJECT INDEX 



759 



effect in inositol deficiency, 343, 357, 



367, 384, 385 

 effect of storage on, 637 

 effects of deficiency, 

 in animals, 649-669 

 in humans, 669-678 

 in microorganisms, 678-680 

 esters of, 626 

 estimation of, 



biological methods, 628-630 

 chemical and phj'sical methods, 628 

 microbiological methods, 630-633 

 excretion of, 688-691 

 factors affecting distribution, 634-638 

 fatty liver and, 80, 88 

 hair-color and, 670-671 

 human intake of, 687-688 

 in coenzyme A, 599-601 

 in red cell metabolism, 622 

 isolation, 591-596 

 levels in blood, 690 

 losses in cooking, 637-638 

 niacin toxicity and, 573 

 nomenclature, 591 

 occurrence, 634-649 

 pharmacology^ of, 680-681 

 release from coenzyme A, 610-611 

 requirements, 



of animals, 682-687 

 of humans, 687-694 

 specificity of action, 626-627 

 standardization of activity, 633 

 synthesis of, 597-598 

 toxicity of, 692-693 

 Pantothenic acid conjugate, as growth 



factor, 613 

 Pantothenic acid phosphate, coenzyme 



A and, 604, 632 

 Pantothenyl alcohol, biological activity 



of, 626 

 N-Pantothenylthioethanolamine, 606 

 Pantoj'l-tauryl-anisidide, as antimetabo- 

 lite, 624 

 Pantoyltaurine, effect on growth, 680 

 Parathormone, in bone resorption, 237 

 Parathyroid gland, effect on calcium 



levels, 250-252, 260 

 Pellagra, 453, 480, 674, 675, see also 

 Niacin, deficiency 

 in vitamin deficiency, 592 



pantothenic acid and, 637, 690 



symptoms of, 552-553 

 Pellagramine, see Niacin 

 Pellagra preventive factor, see Niacin 

 Pelvis, deformation in rickets, 239-240 

 Penicillin, pantothenic acid require- 

 ment and, 685-686 

 Pentaenoic acid, 273, 283 



formation from linoleate, 281 

 Pentose phosphate, 512 

 Peptidase, coenzj^me A and, 601 

 Perchloric acid, in vitamin D estimation, 



217 

 Perhydro-1 , 2-cyclopentenophenan- 



threne, 134 

 Periodic acid, in inositol estimation, 359- 



360 

 Periodide, 



in choline estimation, 52-53 



in choline isolation, 7 

 Peristalsis, effect of choline on, 123 

 Perosis, in choline deficiency, 93, 97 

 Phaseomannite, see Inositol 

 Phenanthraquinone, vitamin K and, 398 

 Phenylhydrazine, effect on choline ox- 

 idase, 36 

 Phenylindanedione, 427-428 

 Phlorizin, 19 



Phloroglucinol, inositol and, 356 

 Phosphatase, 16 



choline and, 15, 67, 98 



coenzyme A and, 601, 632 



in bone formation, 235-236, 237 



in phosphorylcholine sj'nthesis, 8 



in rickets, 226-227, 253 



effect on choline oxidase, 34 



in coenzyme A, 603 

 Phosphatides, 19 



Phosphocholine, in lecithin synthesis, 49 

 6-Phosphogluconic acid, 



in pentose synthesis, 500 



in photosynthesis, 503-504 



in triphosphopyridine nucleotide es- 

 timation, 512 

 3-Phosphoglyceraldehyde, 498 

 Phosphoglyceraldehjde dehj^drogenase, 



492 " 

 3-Phosphoglyceric acid, 498-499 

 Phospholipids, 2, 15, 40, 90, 94, 347, 619 



aminoethanol in, 30 



distribution of, 52 



