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1. Twelve female rats kept on a diet in which dextri-maltose constituted the sole source of nourishment survived on the average 85 days. 2. These rats lived 48 days longer than rats of the same weight kept on a single food diet of dextrose or sucrose; and 11 days longer than rats kept on dextrose with access to the 0.02 per cent solution of thiamine hydrochloride. 3. Their food intake was higher and they lost weight at a slower rate than the dextrose and thiamine rats. Their activity, water intake and vaginal smears were essentially the same. 4. It was concluded that the dextri-maltose contains sufficient amounts of thiamine to utilize to its fullest the available carbohydrate.
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