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Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
Linoleic ester of high purity was shown to lower markedly the plasma cholesterol level of hypercholesteremic cholesterol-fed rats. It also lowered liver cholesterol of the rats receiving a low-fat diet (2%) but not those fed a high-fat diet (10% of linolate and 10% of hydrogenated coconut oil).
2 Present address: Worchester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
Manuscript received 20 January 1960.