Smith, E. Lester

Smith, E. Lester. Occult chemistry re-evaluated. Wheaton (IL) Theosophical Pub. House, 1982. 106, [1] p. ISBN 0835602303... 

Smith, E. Lester. 1982. Occult Chemistry Re-Evaluated. Wheaton, 111. Theosophical Publishing House. 

SMITH, E., Lester, "Vitamin Bj " Methuen monograph, London, 1960. 

Note Structure reproduced through the courtesy of John Wiley St Sons, Inc. from E. Lester Smith, Vitamin B., (3rd ed., f965) p 32. 

Vitamin B12, the anti-pernicious anemia factor of liver, was originally isolated in 1948 by Rickes and associates in this country and, independently, by E. Lester Smith in England. This vitamin is now known to... 

Of the six vitamins regarded as essential accessory food factors (vitamins A, B, B2, nicotinamide, C and D), only vitamins A and D are insoluble in water. Presentation of fish-liver oils, rich in these two vitamins, as emulsions enhances the absorption of the vitamins, but such preparations are not always palatable. However, half a century ago Lester-Smith [170-172] observed the solubilization of vitamins A and D in soap solutions formed by the saponification of vitamin-containing oils. Vitamins E and K are also insoluble in water vitamin E is used in the treatment of habitual abortion, and vitamin K is employed to combat hypoprothrombinaemia. 

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