The Biological Value of Oils and Fats II. The Growth-Retarding Substance in Rapeseed Oil
- 1 August 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 56 (4) , 469-475
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/56.4.469
Abstract
Comparison of the growth-promoting effect of nasturtium seed oil, containing 86% of erucic acid, with that of rapeseed oil (about 50% erucic acid), as well as determination of the effect of erucic acid on growth, or of fat mixtures containing tri-erucin, has shown that the unfavourable growth obtained with rapeseed oil must be ascribed to the erucic-acid content of this oil.Keywords
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