Vitamin B6 and arteriosclerosis.
In 1949, Rinehart and Greenberg reported that marked arteriosclerosis occurs in vitamin-B6-deficient monkeys. The present study investigates the relationship between vitamin B6 and arteriosclerosis and summarizes the results. I found that thrombogenesis, disorder of collagen metabolism and production of free radicals may be the processes that cause arteriosclerosis in human and experimental animals with vitamin B6 deficiency.
Kuzuya
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Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000150:complications*