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WE have recently reported1 that vitamin A1 aldehyde occurs in the ripe eggs of several marine teleost fishes, and is the predominant form of vitamin A in them. In that paper we stated that we could not detect vitamin A1 aldehyde in hen's eggs, but further experiments have shown it to be present.
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PLACK, P. Vitamin A1 Aldehyde in Hen's Eggs. Nature 186, 234–235 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186234b0
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