Journal of Nutrition Vol. 39 No. 3 November 1949, pp. 393-396
Copyright © 1949 by American Society for Nutrition
The Role of Pyridoxine in Ecomomy of Food Utilization1
Barnett Sure and
Leslie Easterling
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Pyridoxine produces a marked effect on economy of food utilization. The increases in body gains are due largely to fat and protein synthesis and, to a less but appreciable extent, to increases of minerals in the animal body.
1 Research paper no. 875, Journal Series, University of Arkansas. Published with the approval of the Director of the Arkansas Experiment Station. An abstract of this paper was presented before the American Institute of Nutrition at Detroit, Michigan, April 20, 1949.
Manuscript received 24 June 1949.