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The thiamine requirement of the guinea pig was estimated with a purified diet prepared with two different salt mixtures. In the first experiment an apparently high requirement for thiamine was traceable to a rapid destruction of the vitamin with the diet stored at +5°C. With a different salt mixture, designed to minimize the storage changes, a requirement of 2 mg of thiamine/kg of diet was found.
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