The vitamin B1, B2 and B6 status of school children in two resettlement areas in Northeast Thailand.
The vitamin B1, B2 and B6 status of school children were studied in the Khon Kaen resettlement and irrigation area and in the Lam-takong settlement in northease Thailand using the in vitro tests based on the erythrocyte transketolase, glutathione reductase and glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase activities. Healthy school children from the Khon Kaen University School were selected as a reference group. The results demonstrate that the vitamin B1 status in the resettlement area is sufficient, but about 20% to 35% of all the children show evidence of vitamin B2 and B6 deficiencies. It is noticed that besides a high prevalence of parasitic infections and poor hygienic conditions the protein and vitamin intake is low and improvement of the situation is necessary.
D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000097:blood*; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000097:blood*; D013785:Thailand; D013831:Thiamine / Q000097:blood*; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate; D014174:Transketolase / Q000097:blood; D014804:Vitamin B Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology
D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D014174:Transketolase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D011736:Pyridoxine; D013835:Thiamine Pyrophosphate; D012256:Riboflavin; D013831:Thiamine