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acetic acid. When dissolved in ether or oil and treated with anilin, it 

 forms a bright-yellow insoluble substance which is apparently a di- 

 anilin salt of gossypol (i molecule of gossypol to 2 molecules of anilin) 

 CgoHjgOg, 2C6H5NH2. This substance is very insoluble in most solvents, 

 even aqueous sodium hydroxid. 



Table I. — Results of feeding raw cottonseed kernels in milk diets to rats 



