title: [Duodenal lesions produced by pantothenic acid deficiency in animal experiments (author's transl)].
abstract: Inflammatory lesions of the duodenal mucosa and duodenal ulcers can be produced in animal experiments by pantothenic acid deficiency. We investigated this model in 30 rats of both sexes aged 2 or 6 months and 1 year. During 3 months the experimental animals were feeded with a diet including all the known nutritional factors except pantothenic acid, while the control animals received a standard diet. Thereafter paraffin and semithin sections of the duodenum showed mucosal changes and lesions (so-called Leistenspitzenerosionen, submucosal oedemas, initial duodenitis) in about three fourths of the experimental animals.--Yet there were no ulcers.--They, however, can be demonstrated when lengthening the experimental period as shown by our investigations using male rats aged 1 year (time for producing ulcers: approximate 5 months).--The duodenal lesions are typical and regularly to be reproduced. In this context their role as a precursor to an ulcer is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001710:Biotin; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D004382:Duodenitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010205:Pantothenic Acid / Q000172:deficiency*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010205:Pantothenic Acid; D001710:Biotin; D005492:Folic Acid
vernacular_title: Tierexperimentelle Untersuchungen zur Schädigung der Duodenalschleimhaut durch Pantothensäuremangel.