Calcium and phosphorus studies: XIII. The effect of emulsification on the potency of viosterol in the treatment of rickets in children

Abstract

Summary The addition of viosterol to milk in the form of an emulsion enhances the efficacy of the viosterol, in curing moderate and severe degrees of rickets, about tenfold. It is suggested that the increased potency of milk rendered antirachitic by direct irradiation, by feeding vitamin D to the cow, or by the addition of vitamin D which ultimately becomes dispersed within the fat globules, is due to the small particle size of the lipoids in which the vitamin is carried, and hence is probably more easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal canal.