Influence of dietary α‐tocopherol on tocopherol concentrations in chick tissues

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Abstract
1. The effect of feeding α‐tocopherol (5 to 180 μg/g diet) for 24 days on the concentrations of α‐tocopherol in various chicken tissues was investigated. 2. Tissue α‐tocopherol concentrations responded to dietary intake in the order: heart =; lung > liver > thigh muscle > brain, and in all cases the relationship between the concentrations of dietary and tissue α‐tocopherol was highly significant (0.997 ≤ r ≤ 1). 3. Plasma α‐tocopherol concentration appears to be a good index (r ≥ 0.910, P< 0.001) of α‐tocopherol status of lung, liver and heart.