SURVIVAL OF GERMFREE RATS WITHOUT VITAMIN A

被引:57
作者
BIERI, JG
MCDANIEL, EG
ROGERS, WE
机构
[1] Laboratory of Nutrition and Endocrinology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda
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D O I
10.1126/science.163.3867.574
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Weanling, germfree rats, transferred to a conventional animal room and fed a vitamin A-deficient diet, died in 23 to 54 days. In contrast, their littermates, kept germfree and on the same diet, survived for as long as 272 days. The rats kept in germfree conditions stopped growing after 1 to 4 months but responded to supplements of retinoic acid.
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