MAMMALIAN CAROTENOIDS 



100 g. of fat should be the same. The carotene content of the colostra 

 and mature milk of different mammalian species and different breeds 

 of cows are recorded in Tables 43 and 44. 



Table 43 



Variations in Plasma and Milk Carotenoids in Different Breeds of 



Dairy Cattle^ 



1 . Wise, G. H., Atkeson, F. W 

 y. Dairy Sci., 30, 279. 



REFERENCE TO TABLE 43. 



Caldwell, M. J., Parrish, D, B., and Hughes, J. G. (1947), 



Table 44 

 Carotene Content of Colostra 



LUECKE 



Hansen, 



(* but see also p. 248) 



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W., Duncan, C. W., and Ely, R. E. (1947), Arch. Biochem., 



G., Phillips, P. H., and Smith, V. R. (1946), jf. Dairy Set., 



Menken, J. G. (1934), Maandschr. Kinder geneesk., 4, 22 



Skurnik, L., and Hellen, M. (1944), Z. Vitaminforsch., 16, 52, 



Dann, W. J. (1936), Biochem. J.. 30. 1644. 



Sarkar, B. C. R. (1948), y. Dairy Set., 31. 479. 



Goodwin, T. W., and Wilson, A. A. (1951), Biochem. y., 49, 499. 



Chanda, R., and Owen, E. C. (1952), Biochem. y. Proc. (In the Press.) 



239 



13, 277. 

 29, 809. 



