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A dissertation submitted la p a rtia l fulfillm ent of the requirements fo r the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Biochemistry in the Graduate College of the State University of lovra June, 19$0
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INTRODUCTION Vitamin 1 was f i r s t known as a naturally securing a n tl©xidant inhibiting the formation of f a t peroxides in v itro and as the fat-soluble vitamin which prevents fo ctal resorption in female rats and dogsneration of germinal epithelium in male rats*
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