The Relationship of Vitamin B6 to Serum Protein and Nonprotein Nitrogen in the Rat during Pregnancy

Abstract

The effects of depleting maternal vitamin B₆ stores prior to mating and of a pyridoxine deficiency during pregnancy on the concentrations of serum protein and nonprotein nitrogen in the serum of the rat were investigated. Depletion of maternal vitamin B₆ stores prior to mating or pyridoxine deficiency during pregnancy or both, lead to changes in serum protein and nonprotein nitrogen concentrations in the rat which are similar to those reported for the toxemias of pregnancy.