The toxicity of Indigofera enneaphylla L. in rats

1965 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 713 ◽  
Author(s):  
LR Murray ◽  
T Moore ◽  
IM Sharman
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Albino Rats ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Feeding Trial ◽  
Microscopic Evidence ◽  
Nitropropionic Acid ◽  
Plant Chemical

The inclusion of 50% of dried Indigofera enneaphylla in the diet arrested the growth of young male albino rats, caused incoordination of their limbs, and was fatal to them. Microscopic evidence of liver cellular abnormality was consistently observed in rats fed on the plant. Chemical analysis of I. Enneaphylla indicated the presence of combined G-nitropropionic acid, paralleling the findings of other workers in respect of I. Spicata, which, in addition, produced liver lesions. Dried I. Enneaphylla contained about 12 p.p.m. of α-tocopherol. According to haemolysis tests, the poisoned rats were not deficient in vitamin E. The administration of liberal doses of α-tocopheryl acetate did not counteract the poisoning. In preliminary experiments, dosing with L-arginine appeared to be partially protective against poisoning by I. Enneaphylla. Autoclaving the dried plant, according to a single feeding trial, resulted in loss of toxicity.

Re-evaluation of the vitamin E requirements of juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus ✕ O. aureus)

2001 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Y. Shiau ◽  
L. F. Shiau
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Oreochromis Niloticus ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Dietary Treatment ◽  
Dietary Lipid ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
Feeding Trial ◽  
Protein Deposition

AbstractA 10-week feeding trial was conducted to re-evaluate the level of dietary vitamin E (DL- α-tocopheryl acetate) that was adequate for juvenile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus ✕ O. aureus given diets containing two dietary lipid concentrations. Purified diets with eight levels of vitamin E (0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 400 mg/kg diet) at either 50 or 120 g lipid per kg were each given to three replicate groups of tilapia (mean weight: 0·69 (s.e.0·02) g) reared in a closed, recirculating system. Food efficiency and protein deposition were significantly (P < 0·05) higher in fish given 50 mg vitamin E per kg diet and 75 mg/kg diet in the 50 and 120 g lipid per kg groups respectively, compared with fish given the unsupplemented control diet. Mortality of fish was not affected by dietary treatment. Weight gain and liver microsomal ascorbic acid-stimulated lipid peroxidation data analysed by broken-line regression indicated that the optimum dietary vitamin E requirements in juvenile tilapia are 42 to 44 mg vitamin E per kg and 60 to 66 mg vitamin E per kg in 50 and 120 g lipid per kg diets, respectively.

scholarly journals Vitamin E incorporated into a very-low-fat meal is absorbed from the intestine of young rats

1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 939-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Brink ◽  
Edward Haddeman ◽  
Lilian B. M. Tijburg
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Dietary Lipids ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Low Fat ◽  
Fat Meal

Vegetable fats and oils are major sources of dietary vitamin E. Consequently the current trend to reduce fat consumption is accompanied by a reduction of the intake of vitamin E. In addition, the absorption of vitamin E is thought to be dependent on the hydroiysis of dietary lipids in the small intestine. It is therefore conceivable that a lower dietary fat intake also diminishes the intestinal absorption of vitamin E. The present 3-week feeding study in young male rats was designed to investigate whether different concentrations of vitamin E added to a very-low-fat product (0, 330 or 1350mgdl-α-tocopheryl acetate/kg product) were absorbed. We therefore incorporated these products into a very-low-fat meal (final fat concentration: 7 g/kg) or a low-fat meal containing 52 g fat/kg. The magnitude of vitamin E absorption from these meals was compared with that from meals containing similar amounts of vitamin E, but a high fat concentration of 190 g/kg. Apparent vitamin E absorption was defined as intake of α- tocopherol equivalents (αTE) minus faecal αTE excretion over 4 d during week 3 of the experimental period. The results of this study showed that apparent absorption of vitamin E from a very-low-fat meal varied, depending on the vitamin E concentration, from 73 to 83%. The magnitude of this vitamin E absorption was not significantly different from that from meals containing a high amount of fat. Liver vitamin E status was equal in rats fed on the very-low-fat meals compared with those fed on the high- fat meals. We conclude that, when very-low-fat or low-fat products are used as a replacement for full- fat products, addition of vitamin E to these products, asdl-α-tocopheryl acetate, might be useful in meeting the vitamin E requirements.

Simultaneous liquid-chromatographic determination of vitamin K1 and vitamin E in serum.

1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 2285-2289 ◽  
Author(s):  
B E Cham ◽  
H P Roeser ◽  
T W Kamst
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Chromatographic Determination ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Vitamin K1 ◽  
Chromatographic Procedure ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic Determination ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic

Abstract We describe a high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure for the simultaneous measurement of vitamins K1 and E in human serum. Delipidated human serum (free of vitamins K1 and E) was used to make standard solutions of these vitamins, and cetyl naphthoate and alpha-tocopheryl acetate were the internal standards for vitamin K1 and vitamin E, respectively. A simple, novel separation method utilizing liquid-liquid partition chromatography was used as a preparative "clean-up" procedure. Cetyl naphthoate and vitamin K1 (after post-column reduction) were detected by fluorescence, alpha-tocopheryl acetate and vitamin E by ultraviolet absorption. Sensitivity (detection limit) of the assay was 30 pg for vitamin K1 and 5 ng for vitamin E per injection. The method is specific, precise, and more rapid than previously described procedures. Within- and between-assay CVs were 8.1% and 12.9%, respectively, for vitamin K1; 3.5% and 6.0%, respectively, for vitamin E. Analytical recoveries of vitamins K1 and E were 80% and 93%, respectively, from serum and from delipidated serum (standards). The average neonatal serum concentration of vitamin K1 was 83 ng/L, 2.5 mg/L for vitamin E; for normolipidemic adults, the values were 343 ng/L and 7.9 mg/L, respectively, and for hyperlipidemic adults, 541 ng/L and 11.1 mg/L, respectively.

Retrolental Fibroplasia: Further Clinical Evidence and Ultrastructural Support for Efficacy of Vitamin E in the Preterm Infant

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Mintz Hittner ◽  
Louis B. Godio ◽  
Michael E. Speer ◽  
Arnold J. Rudolph ◽  
Martha M. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Gap Junction ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Plasma Vitamin ◽  
Retrolental Fibroplasia ◽  
Spindle Cells

To further evaluate the efficacy of oral vitamin E in preventing the development of severe retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) in very low-birth-weight infants, 100 infants treated with 100 mg/kg/d of vitamin E (dl-α-tocopheryl acetate) were compared with 75 infants treated with 5 mg/kg/d of vitamin E (dl-α-tocopherol) in the same nursery during the previous year. All 175 infants weighed ≤1,500 g at birth and required supplemental oxygen. A total of 120 infants (69 treatment; 51 control) survived ≥ 10 weeks. Multivariate analysis of the control population identified five risk factors (P ≤ .10): gestational age, level and duration of oxygen administration, intraventricular hemorrhage, sepsis, and birth weight. When multivariate analysis was applied to both control and treatment groups, the severity of RLF was found to be significantly reduced in infants given the treatment dose of vitamin E(P = .003). Ultrastructural analyses of 58 pairs of whole-eye donations from high-risk infants surviving less than 10 weeks suggest that the initial morphologic event is gap junction increases between the plasma membranes of adjacent spindle cells of the vanguard retina. Such extensively gap junction-linked spindle cells are apparently removed from the vasoformative process as early as 4 days of life, forming a barrier to further normal vascular development and triggering retinal and vitreal neovascularizations approximately 8 weeks later. These events are maximally suppressed by elevated plasma vitamin E levels in infants ≥27 weeks gestational age.

scholarly journals Effect of Different Fat Sources and Vitamin E Isoforms/Levels on Carcass Characteristics and Meat Quality of Pigs Grown to 150 Kg

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kelley ◽  
G. Rentfrow ◽  
M. Lindemann ◽  
D. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Carcass Characteristics ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
Drip Loss ◽  
Muscle Area ◽  
Dressing Percentage

ObjectivesThe objective was to evaluate the effect of supplementing α- and γ-tocopherol vitamin E isoforms with corn oil and tallow on carcass characteristics and meat quality of pigs grown to heavier weights (>150 kg).Materials and MethodsIndividually fed pigs (n = 72; 36 barrows, 36 gilts; 28.55 ± 1.16 kg) were randomly assigned to 12 dietary treatments in a 2 × 6 factorial arrangement. Fat treatments were tallow and corn oil (5?). The vitamin E treatments included four levels of α-tocopheryl-acetate (ATA; 11, 40, 100, and 200 ppm) and two levels of mixed tocopherols (primarily γ-tocopherol; 40 and 100 ppm). Pigs were humanely slaughtered at approximately 150 kg. 45 min pH was taken at the 10th rib. After 24 h chill (4°C), carcass measurements were taken (carcass length, backfat depth at first rib, last rib, 10th rib and last lumbar, loin muscle area, and 24 h pH at the 10th rib). In addition, wholesale weights from the Boston butt (IMPS #406), shoulder picnic (IMPS #405), loin (IMPS #412), and belly (IMPS #408) and spareribs were recorded. Furthermore, bellies were divided into eight sections and the average depth was taken at each section and the vertical and lateral belly flex was measured. Drip loss was determined by suspending a 1.3cm chop at 4°C for 48 h and purge loss was determined from approximately 2kg vacuum packaged loin muscle sections at 0, 7, 14, and 30d. Objective (Hunter Lab Colorimeter XE Plus) and subjective (NPPC color, marbling and firmness scores) measurements were taken at the 10th rib. Data analysis were performed in SAS by least squares analysis of variance using the generalized linear model as a randomized complete block design. The individual pig served as the experimental unit and results were reported as least square means.ResultsThere were no differences in dressing percentage, 24 h pH, backfat depth, loin muscle area, primal cuts, purge loss, and drip loss between the two vitamin E isoforms. Fat treatments did not affect dressing percentage, 45 min and 24 h pH, backfat depth, loin muscle area, primal cuts, purge loss, drip loss as well as objective and subjective color. Although not significant (P = 0.07), pork from the γ-tocopherol pigs had a lower pH than the ATA treatment. The γ-tocopherol supplementation tended to have a lighter subjective color (P = 0.06) as well as increased L*, decreased a*, and increased the hue angle calculations at 7d shelf-life. The belly depth was greater (P = 0.01) along with higher lateral (P < 0.01) and a lower vertical (P < 0.01) flex for pigs fed tallow.ConclusionIn conclusion, feeding tallow to heavy weight pigs (150 kg) could improve belly firmness. Also, α-tocopherol did not improve shelf-life stability and γ-tocopherol could negatively affect subject and objective pork loin color.

Comparison of Emmerie-Engel Method and Gas Chromatographic Method for Determination of Supplemental α-Tocopheryl Acetate in Feed Concentrates

1987 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-419
Author(s):  
Michael P Labadie ◽  
Charles E Boufford
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Tocopheryl Acetate ◽  
High Potency ◽  
Gc Analysis ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method ◽  
Official Procedure

Abstract The determination of supplemental a-tocopheryl acetate in high potency vitamin E powders and oils was compared using the Emmerie- Engel method and gas chromatography (GC). The Emmerie-Engel reaction requires saponification, extraction of the saponiflable fracaon, and quantitation by colorimetry. GC analysis requires only an extraction and/or dilution before quantitation. These are represented essentially by AOAC methods 43.147-43.151 (colorimetry) and 43.152-43.159 (GC) for high potency vitamin E concentrates. Each method was statistically evaluated for precision and sample-to-sample reproducibility. Each Emmerie-Engel value was divided by the GC value obtained for the same sample; an average of 1.049 with a coefficient of variation of 2.89% was obtained. It was concluded that (he GC procedure was superior to the Emmerie-Engel method, and ahould be the official procedure for determination of supplemental a-tocopheryl acetate in feed concentrates.

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