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Anti-thiamine Activity in Hawaii Fish1,2,

Doris M. Hilker and Otto F. Peter

Division of Nutrition, Department of Home Economics, College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

Various species of fish found in Hawaiian waters were analyzed for anti-thiamine activity. Twenty-one of the 30 species tested contained thiaminase. A thermostable anti-thiamine factor was also usually present in the fish that contained enzymatic activity. Although anti-thiamine activity was more prevalent in certain families of fish, there was no constant correlation between taxonomic classification or the feeding habits or habitat and the presence of anti-thiamine activity.

1 This investigation was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant no. AM-08531, from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

2 Published with the approval of the Director of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station as Technical Paper no. 806.

Manuscript received 26 March 1966.




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