Relationship Between B=avitaminosis and Reticulocytes. An Experimental Explanation to Reticulocyte Increase in “Healthy Mothers” with Arakawa=negative Milk

92nd Report of the Peroxidase Reaction

Abstract

1. In the present animal experiment, I have observed that rabbits show in a state of hunger, a decrease of reticulocyte count, as is shown by Sato¹⁰⁾ and Yamaguchi and Suzuki, ¹¹⁾ and that the disappear-ance of the younger forms of reticulocytes will result.
2. In a state of B-avitaminosis, I have observed an increase of reticulocyte count and a reticulocyte shift to the left, but, in a more advanced stage of B-avitaminosis, a decrease of reticulocytes.
3. The increase of reticulocyte count and the reticulocyte shift to the left due to B-avitaminosis are recovered by an administration of oryzanin fortior.^*
4. Apparently healthy rabbits can already be in a state of avita-minosis B, which will be shown by the facts-that in them the reticulo-cyte count is high, and that this can be made lower on an administration of vitamin B.