Journal of Nutrition Vol. 1 No. 1 September 1928, pp. 49-56
Copyright © 1928 by American Society for Nutrition
A Detailed Study of the Role of Vitamin B1 in Anorexia in the Albino Rat,2
Barnett Sure
(Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.)
- 1. Vitamin B deficiency is a determining factor in the development of anorexia.
- 2. Complete anorexia associated with vitamin B deficiency can be entirely cured with vitamin B therapy.
- 3. The response to vitamin therapy in anorexia is most marked when highly concentrated preparations of vitamin B are employed.
1 Recently a considerable literature has accumulated on the dual nature of Vitamin B1. In this paper the term "Vitamin B" is used in the sense to signifiy a combination of the thermolabile (anti-neuritic) and thermo-stable factors both of which are necessary for growth.
2 Research Paper No. 62, Journal Series, University of Arkansas. From the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Manuscript received 7 June 1928.