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An Explanation For The Apparent Effect Of Cod Liver Oil On Sulfur Metabolism In The Albino Rat, Jayne Tigert Morris Aug 1971

An Explanation For The Apparent Effect Of Cod Liver Oil On Sulfur Metabolism In The Albino Rat, Jayne Tigert Morris

Doctoral Dissertations

An interaction between inorganic sulfur and cod liver oil (CLO) has been proposed in the normal metabolism of the albino rat after a gross malformation of the hind limbs was observed in rats fed a diet low in sulfate and without CLO. The rats were fed these diets from the time they were two weeks of age through the seventh week of life. Toward the end of this period, the fourth week after weaning, the lesion was observed. The study included four basic variations of a diet low in sulfate: with and without CLO and with and without vitamin E. …