title: Thiamin status of laboratory rabbits.
abstract: Measurements of blood thiamin concentration, erythrocyte transketolase (TK) activity, and stomach and cecal thiamin concentration were made in 10 normal New Zealand white rabbits consuming a commercial pelleted rabbit diet. The concentration of the vitamin was somewhat higher in stomach content (57.2 +/- 11.8 m mug/g) than in cecal content (38.5 +/- 14.9 mmug/g). Erythrocyte TK activity was well within the range reported as normal in other mammalian species (TPP effect=2.6% for hexose and 0.5% for pentose).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000378:metabolism*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014174:Transketolase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014174:Transketolase; D013831:Thiamine