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A Colorimetric Method for the Estimation of Nicotinic Acid in Foodstuffs

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RECENT investigations1,2,3,4 have shown that pellagra in human beings, black-tongue in dogs and pellagra-like symptoms in pigs, can be cured by the administration of nicotinic acid, and nicotinic acid is probably identical with, or a precursor of, the pellagra-preventive (P.-P.) factor. Hence the question of estimating the nicotinic acid content of foodstuffs is of immediate importance and interest.

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SWAMINATHAN, M. A Colorimetric Method for the Estimation of Nicotinic Acid in Foodstuffs. Nature 141, 830 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141830a0

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