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DURING investigations of the vitamin contents of different organs from the tunny (Thunnus thynnus)1, samples from the deep-seated red muscle as well as from the neighbouring ordinary muscle were analysed for niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B12 and thiamine. The results revealed an interesting relative distribution. With the exception of niacin, which showed a slightly higher value for ordinary muscle, the red muscle contained several times more of the other B-vitamins than the ordinary muscle.
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BRÆKKAN, O. Function of the Red Muscle in Fish. Nature 178, 747–748 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178747a0
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