“…Massive necrosis of the liver, produced in rats by diets low in cystine and high in cod liver oil, or containing alkali-treated casein as the sole source of protein, can be prevented by tocopherol administration (37). The mechanism of this protective action is not known, but it does not appear to be related to the usual vitamin E activity of tocopherol, since the protective dose is many times that required to prevent muscular dystrophy and testicular atrophy (4).…”