NICOTINIC ACID IN NUTRITION
Authors: C. A. Elvehjem
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 August 1939NICOTINIC ACID IN NUTRITIONC. A. ELVEHJEMC. A. ELVEHJEMSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-225 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the goal of nutrition workers to make available as rapidly as possible all the knowledge necessary to handle the supply of foods and the demand for nutrients in such a way that nutritional deficiencies will be reduced to a minimum. However, there are many factors such as habit, economic conditions, ignorance, commercial manipulation of food supplies, etc., which militate against the attainment of this goal.When nutritional deficiencies appear, the physician is expected to bring about rapid recovery even though the condition is the result of prolonged consumption of inadequate diets. It is apparent to most of us...Bibliography1. SEBRELL WH: Table showing the pellagra-preventive values of various foods, Pub. Health Rep., 1934, xlix, 754-756. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HARRIS LJ: Vitamins, Ann. Rev. Biochem., 1932, i, 337-412. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GOLDBERGERSEBRELL JWH: The blacktongue preventive value of Minot's liver extract, Pub. Health Rep., 1930, xliv, 3064-3070. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SPIES TD: Pellagra: Improvement while taking so-called "pellagra-producing" diet, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiv, 837-845. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SMITHRUFFIN DTJM: Treatment of pellagra with liver extracts, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1933, xii, 963. Google Scholar6. SALMONGUERRANT WDNB: Liver extract as a source of vitamins B and G, Science, 1931, lxxiii, 243-244. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ELVEHJEMKOEHN CACJ: Studies on vitamin B2 (G). The non-identity of vitamin B2 and flavins, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1935, xviii, 709-728. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. KUHNGYÖRGYWAGNER-JAUREGG RPT: Uber eine neue Klasse von Naturfarbstoffen, Ber. Chem. Ges., 1933, lxvi, 317-320; Uber die aus Eiklar und Milch isolierten Flavine, ibid., 1577-1582. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LEPKOVSKYJUKES STJ: The vitamin G requirement of the chick, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1935, cxi, 119-131. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KOEHNELVEHJEM CJCA: Studies on vitamin G (B2) and its relation to canine blacktongue, Jr. Nutrition, 1936, xi, 67-76. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BIRCHGYÖRGYHARRIS TWPLJ: The vitamin B2 complex. Differentiation of the antiblacktongue and the "P.-P." factors from lactoflavin and vitamin B6 (so-called "Rat-Pellagra" factor) Parts 1-6, Biochem. Jr., 1935, xxix, 2830-2850. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. DANN WJ: The vitamin G complex. I. The nonidentity of rat dermatitis due to vitamin B6 deficiency and the dermatitis of human pellagra, Jr. Nutrition, 1936, xi, 451-462. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SPIES TD: Personal communication. Google Scholar14. FOUTSLEPKOVSKYHELMERJUKES PJSOMTH: Successful treatment of human pellagra with the "Filtrate Factor," Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1936, xxxv, 245-247. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ELVEHJEMMADDENSTRONGWOOLLEY CARJFMDW: The isolation and identification of the anti-black tongue factor, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1938, cxxiii, 137-149. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. MICKELSENWAISMANELVEHJEM OHACA: The inactivity of nicotinic acid in chick dermatitis, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1938, cxxiv, 313-320. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. ELVEHJEMKOEHNOLESON CACJJJ: A new essential dietary factor, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1936, cxv, 707-719. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. SEBRELLBUTLER WHRE: Riboflavin deficiency in man, Pub. Health Rep., 1938, liii, 2282-2284. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. LANGSTONDARBYSHUKERSDAY WCWJCFPL: Nutritional cytopenia (vitamin M deficiency) in the monkey, Jr. Exper. Med., 1938, lxviii, 923-940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. WOOLLEYSTRONGMADDENELVEHJEM DWFMRJCA: Anti-black tongue activity of various pyridine derivatives, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1938, cxxiv, 715-723. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Madison, Wisconsin*Given before the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 29, 1939. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVitamineDie pathologische Anatomie der Lepra 1 August 1939Volume 13, Issue 2Page: 225-231KeywordsDietEating habitsFoodHabitsMalnutritionNiacinNutrientsNutrition Issue Published: 1 August 1939 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1939, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...