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It has been observed in rats that thyroid feeding markedly increases the urinary excretion of pentose, and thiouracil feeding greatly reduces the output of urinary pentose. Animals on a diet containing thiouracil also survive poorly in the cold. These observations offer strong evidence for the assumption that in the rat the thyroid gland has a dominating role in the production of urinary pentose and that adjustment of animals to cold takes place, at least in part, through activity of the thyroid gland.
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