The vitamin A contents of the livers of sheep, cattle and pigs
- 31 January 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 36 (1-2) , 34-36
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0360034
Abstract
The mean values for vit. A (SbC3) in specimens of liver collected locally were: sheep 459 I.U./g., beef 144, calf 39 and pig 45. The livers of cattle and pigs but not of sheep were usually richer in vit. A in summer than in winter.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Vitamin A and caroteneBiochemical Journal, 1937
- The colorimetric determination of vitamin A by the alkali digestion methodBiochemical Journal, 1933