Abstract

In many mammalian species deficiency of vitamin E causes a wide variety of serious disorders including infertility, liver necrosis and muscular dystrophy. It is not known how vitamin E acts but it may form a complex with biological membranes and thereby stabilise their phospholipids.¹ It may also act as a scavenger for free radicals produced during peroxidation of unsaturated lipids.^{2 3}