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IN a paper recently published1, I have shown that the characteristic defects in the offspring of vitamin E - deficient rats may be cured by administering to them concentrates of the vitamin. It seemed important to confirm that this curative action is due to vitamin E and not to some other constituent of the concentrates derived from natural sources. This I have now done by administering 2 milligrams of synthetic d-l-tocopherol (Roche) to the offspring of vitamin E - deficient rats.
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Barrie, M. M. O., Biochem. J., 32, 1467, 1474 (1938).
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BARRIE, M. Vitamin E Deficiency in the Suckling Rat. Nature 142, 799 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142799a0
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