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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 16, 455-457, Copyright © 1965 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.
1 From the Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
The ingestion of 50,000 I.U. of vitamin A by an elderly adult for seventeen years did not result in obvious signs and symptoms of vitamin A toxicity. The total liver contained 5.4 gm. of vitamin A. The lipid content was within normal limits. Palmitic acid was the major fatty acid in the various lipid fractions isolated.
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