URINARY EXCRETION OF NICOTINIC ACID AND ITS DERIVATIVES BY NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

Urinary Excretion of Nicotinic Acid in Pellagrins

AVhen the identification of pellagra-preventive factor with nicotinic acid, and the therapeutic value of nicotinic acid and its amide in the treatment of pellagra became established, it was desirable to devise methods for their quantitative determination in urine, in order to provide useful information in clinical investigations and for assessing the level of nutrition with respect to nicotinic...

Values for urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid by normal individuals.

The urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid reflects the activity of hepatic enzymes that hydroxylate and detoxify many substances foreign to the body. We measured it in 38 healthy unmedicated males (ages, 3 to 90 years; weights 11.8 to 136 kg) and in 15 females (ages, 10 to 80). The males, regardless of age or weight, excreted 56.1 ±15.7 (SD) nmol of D-glucaric acid per milligram of creatinine. A...

The daily excretion of riboflavin biotin, pantothenic acid, and nicotinic acid derivatives by normals.

Excretion of Nicotinic Acid in Normal Healthy Human Beings

Urinary methylmalonic acid excretion.