Clxxxviii. Studies on the Metabolism of Pyruvic Acid in Normal and Vitamin B1-deficient States v. the Effect of Exercise on Blood Pyruvate in Vitamin B1 Deficiency in Man
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FOLLOWING the establishment [Platt & Lu, 1939] of the occurrence of increased amounts of pyruvic acid in the body fluids of patients suffering from beri-beri and the studies of Lu [1939] on the effect of muscular activity on the blood pyruvate of the rabbit, it appeared desirable that an investigation should be made of the relationships between pyruvic acid accumulation in the blood, amount of exercise and nutrition with respect to vitamin B1; this has been carried out and the results are presented in this paper. There are a number of factors, of which increased muscular effort is one, which appear to contribute to the development of vitamin B, deficiency in man [Yang & Huang, 1934].
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