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The Basal Metabolic Rate and the Effects of Thiouracil Administration and of Thyroidectomy on Control and Vitamin B₆-Deficient Rats

Department of Public Health Nutrition, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

The basal metabolic rate of vitamin B₆-deficient rats was found not to be different from that of pair-fed controls, though lower than that of ad libitum-fed controls. Attempts to alter the basal metabolic rate either by the administration of thiouracil or by thyroidectomy did not cause definite alterations in the syndrome of vitamin B₆ deficiency.