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Development of Folate Deficiency in the Rat
Author(s) -
Chanarin I.,
Smith G. N.,
Wincour Valerie
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1969.tb00393.x
Subject(s) - folic acid , endocrinology , medicine , biology , chemistry , biochemistry
Summary: Rats maintained on a folate‐free diet showed the most rapid loss of folate from the liver, followed by a less rapid fall in the serum folate concentration. The slowest decline in folate concentration was found in the red cells.