Administration of Thiamine and Thiochrome Enhanced Reproduction of Chlorella, Drosophila melanogaster, and Danio.
Thiochrome, a natural metabolite of thiamine, has scarcely attracted the attention of researchers, since many of them considered it to be a biologically inactive substance. We examined a possible effect of thiochrome upon the reproduction of the organisms of Chlorella, Drosophila, and Danio. We added thiamine or thiochrome to the culture medium or to the aquaria. Our data showed that the number of cells and organisms were increased in the presence of thiamine and thiochrome. We suggest possible effect(s) of thiamine and thiochrome on the reproduction of these organisms.
Department of Biochemistry, Odesa National Mechnykov I. I. University.
Sergiy Anatoliyovich
SA
Petrov
Veniamin Veniaminovich
VV
Zamorov
Olga Volodymyrivna
OV
Ustyanskaya
Olexandr Kostyantynovich
OK
Budnyak
Snizhana Sergiivna
SS
Chernadchuk
Olexandr Michaelovich
OM
Andrievskiy
Olga Olexandrivna
OO
Semyonova
Yuriy Viktorovych
YV
Karavanskiy
Viktoriya Evgenievna
VE
Yakimenko
Ilona Olegivna
IO
Kravchuk
D000818:Animals; D002708:Chlorella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000502:physiology*
D003470:Culture Media; C005793:thiochrome; D013831:Thiamine