Effect of Vit. E on Myoglobin Content of Guinea Pig Skeletal Muscle.

Abstract

A marked decline in myoglobin concentration was demonstrated in gastrocnemius and masseter muscles of animals maintained longer than 15 days on a vitamin E-deficient diet. Supplementation with vitamin E after 14 days on a deficient diet reduced the magnitude of concentration change and, indeed, stabilized pigment concentration at control levels. No significant difference between control and experimental animals in regard to water content, muscle weight or body weight was evident from 21 and 30 day dietary regimen studies. Non-collagen N was significantly depleted only in gastrocnemii of the 21 day deficient animals.