[Influence of vitamin A on the sialoglycoproteids and the electrophoretic motility of erythrocytes].

Tests conducted on albino rats with experimental avitaminosis and hypervitaminosis A provide evidence that vitamin A has an influence on sialoglycoproteids and on the electrophoretic motility of erythrocytes. In the states under study there is observed an appreciable fall in the hemoglobin and sialic acids content in the erythrocytes, the electrophoretic motility of the latter being on the decrease. These data support the opinion according to which optimal amounts of vitamin A are needed for a normal functioning of the red blood cells.