Notes

[alt text] At the top of the ad there is an open textbook with paragraphs of writing, the illustration’s caption is “notes from the makers of Myrox Vitamin A” . 

[transcription]

Notes from the makers of Myvax Vitamin A

Vitamin A palmitate in the book 

Every once in a while somebody comes up with something that doesn’t raise much dust at the moment but turns out to be of considerable importance in the long run. 

Vitamin A palmitate, for example. 

We ran across it back in 1938 when we were distilling some Norwegian codliver oil in a molecular still–a speciality of the house. We found that from the collection of fatty acid esters which constituted the vitamin A in this oil, we were able to pull out three percent as the palmitate. The Journal of Biological Chemistry obligingly published the 2 1/2 - page paper we wrote about our discovery. 

That wasn’t exactly a bombshell at the time; but now almost everyone who puts vitamin A in his product uses some palmitate. 

We don’t make much Vitamin A by molecular distillation any more. Most of it is synthesized by a method we worked out some time back. The process is efficient, the product tastes good, the potency is high. We can ship as much as you want from stock, as Myvax Vitamin A Palmitate, Myvax Vitamin A Acetate, or Myvapack Vitamin A in batch-sized cans. If you run into any trouble putting vitamin A into your product or want to know something about how it will act when eaten, we’ll be glad to help there, too. 

To find out more about our vitamin A, prices or facts, write to Distillation Products Industries, Rochester 3, N.Y. Sales offices: New York and Chicago -W.M. Gillies and Company, Los Angeles and San Francisco - Charles Albert Smith Limited, Montreal and Toronto. 

_{“Myvax” and “Myvapack” are trade-marks.} 

Leaders in research and production of vitamin A

DPi 

Also…vitamin E…distilled monoglycerides….more than 3500 Eastman Organic Chemicals for science and industry

Distillation Products Industries is a division of Eastman Kodak Company 

[additional notes]

Palmitic acid is the most common saturated fatty acid found in the body and acts as a foundation of the synthesis of lipids and triglycerides. The rise of enriching foods with vitamins correlated with the cultural shift that emphasized utilzing foods for health maintenance as well as preventing diseases and illnesses related to their deficiency. The article addresses that although vitamin A palmitate was discovered in 1938, the applications of its properties were not utilized until many years later.