Pantothenic Acid Deficiency and Conjugation Reactions in Vivo
II. The Effect of Riboflavin and Pyridoxine Deficiencies on the Acetylation of Sulfanilamide1
Maurice E. Shils,
Sarah Abramowitz and
Martin Sass
School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
1. Studies have been made of the ability of rats deprived separatelyof riboflavin and of pyridoxine to acetylate sulfanilamide.These deficiencies per se caused little or no significant decreasein acetylation, in contrast to the marked decrease found inpantothenic acid deficiency.
1 This study was supported by a grant from the National VitaminFoundation, Inc.