Journal of Nutrition Vol. 23 No. 4 April 1942, pp. 417-423
Copyright © 1942 by American Society for Nutrition
The Distribution of Nicotinic Acid in Foods1
L. J. Teply,
F. M. Strong and
C. A. Elvehjem
Department of Biochemistry, College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A study has been made of the application of the microbiological method of Snell and Wright ('41) to the assay of foods for nicotinic acid. The nicotinic acid content of a variety of foods is reported.
1 Published with the approval of the Director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. Supported in part by a grant from General Mills, Inc.
Manuscript received 28 November 1941.