Avitaminose und Gewebeatmung¹

The Influence of Lemon Juice on Tissue Respiration of Normal and Scorbutic Guinea‐pigs1

“…6, 7), and group 5, with one healthy and two scorbutic animals (control 12, sc. 8,9). For group 4 I diluted the neutralized juice fresh as well as after bubbling through with air at 100°C.…”

“…Their basal diet had been oats and water, and so they may be said to have suffered from a complex deficiency disease [Hojer (8)]. Hence Ahlgren (9) is right in stating (1923): "Es diirfte uberhaupt noch keine sichere Tatsache vorliegen, welche zeigt, daE die Vitamine die Gewebeatmung direkt beeinflussen" und "Bisher liegt kein AulaE dafur vor, den Vitaminen die Bedeutung von normalen Faktoren in dem Mechanismus der Gewebeatmung zuzusehreiben". Ahlgren first investigated special pure Avitaminose with satisfactory precautions.…”

“…Concerning the theoretical base and the details of the practical management of the methylene-blue method, I refer to Thunberg (11,12) and Ahlgren (9,13,14) and to the forthcoming monography by Ahlgren on this subject (15). As to the results, I am going to give in the 17* tables the decolorisation times without recalculation in accordance with any formula.…”