STUDIES ON THE INFLUENCE OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF CURD TO THE POOR SOUTH INDIAN DIET ON THE INTESTINAL SYNTHESIS OF VITAMIN B1 IN RATS

Abstract

With a view to elucidating the influence of curd as a supplement to poor South Indian Diet on the intestinal synthesis of vitamin B " some studies were conducted and the results obtained are given below:

1. The urinary and frecal excretions of vitamin B1, of rats receiving curd were found to be much higher than those of the control group rats receiving pure vitamin B, solution as supplement.

2. The storage level of vitamin B in liver was also higher in the curd-fed animals.

The results appear to point out that curd favours the bacterial synthesis of vitamin B1