VITAMINS
Online ISSN : 2424-080X
Print ISSN : 0006-386X
Volume 71, Issue 11
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages i-
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • Katsumi SHIBATA
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 519-529
    Published: November 25, 1997
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    Niacin is biosynthesized from tryptophan and its ability is enough to sustain the demand of niacin animal or human body. Therefore, niacin itself does not need to take. Vitamin B groups and minerals are required in the conversion of niacin from tryptophan. Thus, we investigated the effects of feeding with a thiamin-free, riboflavin-free, pyridoxine-free, or mineral-deficient diet on the conversion ratio of tryptophan to niacin in rats. In the thiamin-free experiment, the ratio was higher in the thiamin-free group than in the control. In riboflavin-deficient rats, the conversion ratio was not affected. In the pyridoxine-free experiment, the ratio was lower in the pyridoxine-free group than in the control. In the mineral-deficient experiment, the sum of the urinary excretion of nicotinamide and its metabolites was lower in a deficient group than in the control. Accordingly, deficiencies of pyridoxine and/or minerals directly caused niacin deficiency, but thiamin- and riboflavin-deficiencies did not.
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  • Shuji YAGI, Kaoru MOTOE, Kenichi KAWASAKI, Mitsuru FUNAHASHI, Kiyoko H ...
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 531-536
    Published: November 25, 1997
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    When unsaponifiable mixture of the liver lipid of firefly squid Watasenia scintillans was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), a large quantity of retinol (A-OH), presumed to be 11-cis A-OH, was detected. Several methods of isolation and purification were studied to identify the isomeric form. As the first step, a cholesterol was removed from a n-hexane solution of the mixture by keeping it at -20℃. The solution was fractionated by gel permeation chromatography on a column of Bio-Beads S-X3 with a mixed solvent of cyclohexane/dichloromethane (1:1). The object was isolated from the A-OH fraction by preparative HPLC on a silica gel column, using a mobile phase of n-hexane/1-octanol/2-propanol (98. 74 : 1.2 : 0.06) and purified on a reversed phase mini-column with 70% methanol in water, finally eluted from it with methanol. At these processes it should be noted that the oxidation from A-OH to retinal (A-CHO) occurs more easily than its cis-trans isomerization. The purified matter was identified as 11-cis A-OH by comparison of its UV, fluorescence and ^1H-NMR spectra with those of an authentic sample which was given from a photo-isomerization mixture of A-CHO. A-OH existed almost (in a 93% content of the total amount of A-OH) as the 11-cis form in the liver of firefly squid, and the presence was common between Decapoda and Octopoda.
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  • Ayumi MURAKAMI, Mikako KISHIMOTO, Makiko KAWAGUCHI, Toshiki MATSUURA, ...
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 537-543
    Published: November 25, 1997
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    Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) content in organs of female rats fed excessive iron-preparation was investigated. An enzyme-treated heme iron preparation (HIP) and ferric citrate (FC) were uses as sources of iron. Twenty-four rats, 5 weeks-old, were divied into four groups : FC-normal group, FC-overload group, HIP-normal group (3.5 mg Fe/100 g food) and HIP-overload group (350.0 mg Fe/100 g food). The rats fed the experimental diets for 15 days ad libitum. The E contents of overload groups in organ were significantly lower than the E contents of normal groups, respectively. The E contents of HIP groups were significantly low in liver, heart and lung, and tendentiously low in kidney compared with the E contents of FC groups, respectively, Excessive HIP enhanced strongly the reduction in E content of organs. The cause isn't clear, but it is considered that the difference of iron poverty in organs between HIP and FC may cause the difference of E content in organs.
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    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 545-546
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 546-
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 546-547
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 547-549
    Published: November 25, 1997
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    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 549-
    Published: November 25, 1997
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    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 551-552
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 552-554
    Published: November 25, 1997
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  • [in Japanese]
    Article type: Article
    1997 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 554-555
    Published: November 25, 1997
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