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Feeding of 14, 400, 28, 800, 57, 600 and 93, 600 I. U. of retinol respectively to adult rats significantly raised their hepatic vitamin A and esterified cholesterol contents as compared to control rats. The incorporation of acetate-1-14C radioactivity into hepatic total cholesterol was significantly increased in rats fed 93, 600 I. U. of retinol as compared to control. Incorporation of acetate-1-14C radioactivity was significantly higher in hepatic free cholesterol of all the retinol fed groups as compared to control.
