AVS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pantothenic Acid, Peripheral Neuropathy, Thiaminase

• School: URI
• Department: Animal and Veterinary Science
• Course: AVS 101
• Professor: Anthony Mallilo

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Avs 101 - lecture 7 - vitamins part 2 - anthony mallilo. Raw fish has thiaminase which inactivates thiamin. In 1897 dr. eijkman performed prison experiments. Concludes it destroyed poisonous substance in rice. Sources: meat, green leafy vegetables, and grains. Liver, nuts, cheese, eggs, milk, green leafy vegetables, and yogurt. Light sensitive- destroyed by uv blue/violet rays. Limited storage in kidneys and liver; needed daily. Theory= pellagra was not communicable/ contagious disease. Dairy, poultry, fish, lean meat, & eggs. Required by pig, dog, rats, and chicks. Synthesized by ruminants, human, horses, & rabbits. Convulsions in rats, swine, dogs, and infants. If raw egg white is eaten > deficiency. Liver, dark greens leafy vegetables, whole grain, and cereals. Contains cobalt- essential for formation of b12. Intrinsic factor produced in gi tract > helps absorb b12. Must be added to diet in humans. Meat products, fish, milk, raw liver, and meat organs.