Fish-liver Oil

Name:
Fish-liver Oil
Detailed information:
An oil containing a high percentage of vitamin A. High-potency livers, as from cod, shark, and halibut, contain from 100,000 to 1,500,000 A units/g. The oil is extracted by cooking the livers under low-pressure steam and removing the oil, which floats on the condensate. Livers of low oil content are processed with a weak solution of sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate, which extracts the oil in emulsified form.

Use:

Medicine and dietary supplement.

See Fish Oil.