The Excretion of Methylmalonic and Formiminoglutamic Acids During the Induction and Remission of Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Sheep

JM Gawthorne

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 21(4) 789 - 794
Published: 1968

Abstract

The excretion of methylmalonic acid (MMA) in the urine of severely vitamin Bn-deficient sheep was 5-12 times greater, and that of formiminoglutamic acid (FIGLU) was more than 30 times greater, than that of pair-fed, vitamin B12-injected controls.

Full text doi:10.1071/BI9680789

© CSIRO 1968