Vitamin E Deficiency in the Suckling Rat

Abstract

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.