Masters Theses
Date of Award
12-1966
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Nutrition
Major Professor
John T. Smith
Committee Members
Frances A. Schofield, Ada Marie Campbell
Abstract
(Introduction) Previous work in this laboratory has shown that there is a decrease in sulfate production when 35S-cysteine is incubated with liver homogenates prepared from vitamin E-deficient rats as compared with the sulfate produced by homogenates from vitamin E-sufficient rats. In avitaminosis E the lowered incorporation of a test dose of 35SO4= into cellular lipoprotein and the mucopolysaccharides isolated from rib cartilage and lung has been shown. A decrease in the breaking strength of rats' aorta, presumably the result of impaired collagen production, was obtained when the aortas from vitamin E-deficient rats were compared with those from vitamin E-sufficient rats. The effects were more pronounced if the rats were also fed diets low in inorganic sulfur.
This study was undertaken to determine which of the lipoprotein fractions are affected by the lowered sulfate production apparent in avitaminosis E.
Recommended Citation
Fulton, Sara Frierson, "The Effect of Avitaminosis E on the Incorporation of 35S-Sulfate by Rat Tissue Components. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1966.
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