抄録
The effects of vitamin B_6 deficiency upon the pancreas and parotid gland of rats were studied clinically, histologically, and histochemically. In the rats fed on vitamin B_6 deficient diet for a long time, hyperglycemia and glycosuria were observed. Histologically, β-cells of Langerhans' islet fell in various degenerative changes and then it decreased. The atrophy and round cell infiltration fo exocrine part were evident in an advanced state of vitamin B_6 deficiency. The striated and terminal portions of parotid gland of vitamin B_6 deficient rats gradually became atrophic.
