Provision of residents of the city of Kiev with vitamins C and B1. Effectiveness of a complex vitamin-mineral preparation in preventing spring vitamin deficiencies
Donchenko, G.V.; Parkhomenko, I.M.; Petrova, G.V.; Pilipchuk, S.Iu.; Poskripko, I.A.; Bachinskaia, N.Iu.
Ukrains'kyi Biokhimichnyi Zhurnal 72(6): 79-83
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-3909 PMID: 11392790 Document Number: 518544
The investigation was conducted on provision with vitamins C and B1 of Kyiv inhabitants limited contingent at spring period and efficiency of complex vitamin-mineral preparations in normalisation of the vitamins level in blood of human-subjects. The deficit of vitamin C in 54% and vitamin B1 in 18.5% of the investigated people was revealed. Supradin gave the best results among rest preparations ("Centrum", "Vitrum", "Duovit", "Multi-Tabs") in the normalization of the level of vitamin C and biologically-active form of thiamine (thiamindiphosphate) in the blood of investigated people.