IS THE ANTIRACHITIC FACTOR OF COD LIVER OIL, WHEN MIXED WITH GROUND GRAINS, DESTROYED THROUGH STORAGE?

The Resistance of the Antirachitic Substance in Cod Liver Oil to Reagents.*

The present communication records the first of a series of experiments begun at the suggestion of Professor E. V. McCollum on the chemical examination of antirachitic substances. The most familiar of these substances occurs in cod liver oil, and is commonly known as the antirachitic vitamin, or vitamin D. The cod liver oil which I used was an unfrozen, unadulterated oil, rendered at Bay Bulls, ...

The Antirachitic Action of Cod Liver Oil and Irradiated Ergosterol in Parathyroidectomized and Thymectomized Rats

Cod liver oil and Viosterol in therapeutic doses are antirachitic in the absence of the parathyroid gland, or of the thymus, or of both.

Immunomodulatory Activity of Cod Liver Oil

The immunomodulatory activity of Cod liver oil (CLO) was evaluated by mice lethality test, carbon clearance assay, neutrophil adhesion test, cyclophosphamide-induced neutropenia, indirect haemagglutination test and effect on serum immunoglobulin levels. CLO was administered orally at a dose of 0.5 g/kg or 1 g/kg body weight. In mice lethality test, low dose of CLO (0.5 g/kg, po) produced 40% de...

Cod-Liver Oil in Surgery

Antiseptic Properties of Raw Cod-Liver Oil