Dihydroxy-Stearic Acid and Vitamin K Deficiency

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Abstract
A test group of rats on a diet in which the fat of the control group was replaced by a synthetic one, each molecule of which contained one molecule of dihydroxy-stearic acid and two of the fatty acids in the control fat, gave external evidence of blood loss and suffered extensive internal hemorrhage, a situation resembling vit. K deficiency. The deficiency could be cured by adm. of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone.