Effect of vitamin B12 on the metabolism in the rat of volatile fatty acids

Dryden, L.P.; Hartman, A.M.

Journal of Nutrition 101(5): 589-592

1971


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166
PMID: 5577894
Document Number: 2775
The present study was designed to determine whether vitamin B«was required for the metabolism of odd-carbon fatty acids higher than propionate and of certain branched-chain fatty acids that lead to propionate. The fatty acids were tested by measuring their effect on further depressing growth of vitamin Bi2-deficient rats fed a 25% protein ration. Acetate and higher even-carbon fatty acids had no effect on such growth.

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Effect of vitamin B12 on the metabolism in the rat of volatile fatty acids