Abstract
Summary
Hearts of rats maintained on a thiamine-free diet were found to develop a resistance to the necrogenic effects of massive doses of isoproterenol within 2 to 3 weeks following initiation of the dietary regime. Feeding thiamine for 5 days to the deficient animals did not diminish the acquired resistance to the necrotic effects of isoproterenol.
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