Nutrition Reviews

Frost, Douglas V.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01728.xpmid: 13825397

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01729.xpmid: 13858000

The effect of human growth hormone on nitrogen retention and other metabolic balances was compared with pretreatment control values determined in a pituitary dwarf.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01730.xpmid: 13858001

Marked individual variation occurs in the growth rate of fingernails in human subjects. Certain disease states have profound effects on nail growth while malnutrition and dietary restrictions do not.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01731.xpmid: N/A

The abnormal pyruvate levels in the blood of patients with Wilson's disease can be reduced by giving sulfhydryl compounds, which may be needed for intermediary metabolism in the cells.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01732.xpmid: 13858002

Human milk, which may be poor in vitamin B6, can be effectively enriched by oral administration of pyridoxine.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01733.xpmid: 13858003

Gas‐liquid chromatographic analyses of fatty acids from various plasma lipid fractions of normal fasting subjects were compared with the same analyses done on plasmas taken after eating.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01734.xpmid: 13858004

The influence of several trace elements on the caries‐susceptibility of rodent teeth has been tested by injection into suckling rats.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01735.xpmid: 13858005

The activities of a number of enzymes in the bodies of a variety of animal species are related to the body weight0.75. This relationship is similar to that for the basal metabolic rate.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01736.xpmid: 13858006

Amino acid imbalance may account for the increase in the lysine requirement for maximum growth with increasing dietary levels of wheat gluten, deficient in lysine.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1960.tb01737.xpmid: 13858007

Varying levels of saturated and unsaturated fats, protein and cholesterol influenced the chemical composition of chicken aortas. Surprisingly, unsaturated fats as well as wheat germ increased serum cholesterol deposition in rabbits.