The Effects of Vitamin B12, Organ Extracts, Yeast and Antibiotics on Emetine Toxicity in Rats
K. Guggenheim and
S. Halevy
Laboratory of Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel
1. Vitamin B12, partially hydrolyzed extracts of liver, muscle,heart and kidney, aureomycin and streptomycin were found toincrease the tolerance to emetine in protein-depleted rats,whereas yeast was without any effect.
2. The organ extractsexerted their protective action even inrats fed a full diet.
3. The protective effect of liver extract in protein depletedrats cannot be ascribed to its content of essential amino acids.