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. 1961 Apr;79(1):91–105. doi: 10.1042/bj0790091

Studies on vitamin E. 6. The distribution of vitamin E in the rat and the effect of α-tocopherol and dietary selenium on ubiquinone and ubichromenol in tissues*

E E Edwin 1, A T Diplock 1, J Bunyan 1, J Green 1
PMCID: PMC1205552  PMID: 13725832

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