Show S Sixth th Vitamin Discovered at U. U Of California Found in Lettuce Liver BERKELEY Cal Car March 1 AP APA APA A A new vitamin the sixth known to science has been bun discovered Inthe in inthe inthe the laboratories of the University of Califf This announcement was as made to toda today today to- to day da y y Dr Herbert M L Evans E chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of ot the department of anatomy The ery ry wUl will be designated as 8 vitamin t P. P to follow folio vitamin E. E otherwise known n n. n as N X also brought to U liht ht tit at the University of 01 Call Call- torah fornia Vitamin F 1 r. r Dr Evans sad SAI 18 es essential essential es- es for normal growth in animals ani nals mals who ho Attain fn scarcely more moro than half their thelt normal size also and remain sexually immature without it IL The discovery cry resulted from a test tut of ot pur pure food t Il to rats 1 I l Dr Evans E was assisted in the research by Dr George Ceorge O. O Burr chemist now no noat at tho the University of Minnesota When a food mixture consisting of highly purified casein and re- re crystallized cane sugar was was' employed em em- Dr Di- B Evans said with the addition of certain necessary salts and the five fhe previously known vitamins vitamins vita vita- mins tho the rats were ere scarcely more than thau half halt the nor normal l size Growth stopped altogether and the animals remained sexually immature Natural Natural Nat Nat- ural food was necessary to awaken their ther growth and convert th them m into healthy adult animals Anton Among the tho natural foods lettuce and liver were tro the most po potent ent anI and they ther therefore almost certainly contain coptain a anett nett 8 sixth U |