Abstract
Vitamin E was discovered in 1922. Experiments which had been conducted in threedifferent laboratories in the United States revealed that female rats failed to reproduce when kept on certain artificial diets, although these contained the four vitamins then recognized, A, B, C and D. Evans and Bishop of the University of California pointed out that another vitamin was involved. It was named first vitamin X and later vitamin E.
Vitamin E
A Symposium held under the auspices of the Food Group (Nutrition Panel) of the Society of Chemical Industry on Saturday, 22nd April, 1939. Pp. viii + 88. (London: Society of Chemical Industry, 1939.) 5s.
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HAREIS, L. Vitamin E. Nature 145, 604–606 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145604a0
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