Front Cover; Vitamins and Hormones: Advances in Research and Applications; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 24; Preface; Chapter 1. Insulin and the Regulation of Hepatic Biosynthetic Activity; I. Introduction; II. Glycogen Synthesis; III. Glucose Phosphorylation and Liver Glucokinase; IV. Other Enzymes of Carbohydrate Metabolism; V. Lipid Biosynthesis; VI. Nucleic Acid and Protein Biosynthesis; VII. Some Speculations on Mechanism; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Some Observations on the Assay of Anterior Pituitary Hormones; I. Introduction.

II. Follicle-Stimulating Hormonc and Luteinizing HormoneIII. Prolactin; IV. Growth Hormone; V. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; VI. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone; VII. Discussion; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Contributions of the Intestinal Microflora to the Nutrition of the Host; I. Introduction; II. "Natural" Dietary Factors; III. Antibacterial Substances; IV. Gnotobiotic Rearing and Coprophagy; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. The Detection and Measurement of Thyrotropic Substances in Health and Disease; I. General Introduction.

II. Interrelationship between the Pituitary and Thyroid GlandsIII. Standards of Reference; IV. Methods of Extraction and Purification of TSH; V. Parameters Used in the Detection and Measurement of TSH; VI. Measurements of TSH in Health and Disease; VII. The Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator; VIII. General Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Alarm Substances and Alarm Behavior in Social Insects; I. Introduction; II. Alarm in the Honey Bee; III. Comparative Investigations of Alarm in Social Hymenoptera; IV. Alarm in Termites; V. The Evolution of Chemical Alarm as Exemplified in Hymenoptera.

VI. Concluding RemarksReferences; Chapter 6. International Symposium on Recent Advances in Research on Vitamins K and Related Quinones (Vitamins K, Ubiquinones or Coenzymes Q, Plastoquinones) in Honor of Professor Henrik Dam; Introductory Remarks; Chapter 7. Historical Survey and Introduction; I. The Early Studies in the Vitamin K Field; II. Isolation and Chemical Identification of Vitamins K; III. Vitamin K in Human Pathology; IV. Studies on the Mode of Action of Vitamin K in the Animal Body; V. Vitamins K in Microorganisms; VI. Vitamin K and Related Quinones in Photosynthesis.

PlastoquinonesVII. Ubiquinones and Ubichromenols; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Occurrence of Vitamins K and Related Quinones; I. Introduction; II. Vitamins K and Related Compounds; III. Ubiquinones; IV. Plastoquinones; V. Tocopherolquinones; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. Syntheses of Vitamins K and Related Compounds with Special Reference to Labeling; I. Introduction; II. Syntheses of Isoprenoid Chains; III. Syntheses of Ring Components; IV. Syntheses of Isoprenoid Quinones; V. Transformations and Syntheses of Metabolites; VI. Labeled Compounds; VII. Concluding Remarks.