Vitamin A1 Aldehyde in Hen's Eggs

WE have recently reported 1 that vitamin A 1 aldehyde occurs in the ripe eggs of several marine teleost fishes, and is the predominant form of vitamin A in them. In that paper we stated that we could not detect vitamin A 1 aldehyde in hen's eggs, but further experiments have shown it to be pres...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1960-04, Vol.186 (4720), p.234-235
Main Author: PLACK, P. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aldehydes
Animals
Chickens
Eggs
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Vitamin A - chemistry
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Summary:WE have recently reported 1 that vitamin A 1 aldehyde occurs in the ripe eggs of several marine teleost fishes, and is the predominant form of vitamin A in them. In that paper we stated that we could not detect vitamin A 1 aldehyde in hen's eggs, but further experiments have shown it to be present.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/186234b0