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SAMUEL M. GBEENBERG, CLARENCE E. EVELYN E. HARRY J. DEUEL, JR. Department of Bihemistry Nutrition, University of Southern California, Los Angeles FOUR FIGURES (Received for publication March 1, 1950) In an earlier report from this laboratory (Deuel et al., '50) it was noted that greater growth obtains in rats on diets containing 10% of cottonseed oil than in anals on a fatlow basal diet supplemented daily with 20 mg of methyl linoleate. Moreover, after growth had practically ceased on this level of methyl linoleate, it was not further augmented by an increase in the daily dosage to 60 mg. When the rats were subsequently transferred to a 10% fat diet, a prompt growth response of considerable magnitude followed. Since the linoleate-supplemented rats did not reach the body weight attained by a positive control group which had received the 1This work was carried out under a research grant from The Best Foods, Inc. The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful advice of Professor Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago, Professor Arthur W. Thomas of Columbia University, Dr. H. W. Vahlteich Dr. Daniel Melnick of The Best Foods, Inc., during the course of the experents. Contribution no. 254