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The in vitro influence of D-a-tocopherol on glycogen levels, lactic acid formation and oxygen uptake has been studied in rectus femoris muscle from control and Vit. E-deficient rabbits. It was shown that less than one mg quantities of tocopherol decrease glycogen stores, increase lactic acid formation in both groups of animals and increase oxygen consumption in control muscle. In purified enzyme systems it was found that tocopherol inhibited phosphoglucomutase and not phosphorylase, hexokinase or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
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