Growth, erythrocyte glutathione reductase and liver flavin as indicators of riboflavin status in turkey poults. 1982

D J Lee

1. Turkey poults were fed on an isolated soya protein diet supplemented with 0, 2, 4 or 8 mg riboflavin/kg between 7 and 28 d of age. Maximum body weight was attained with the 4 and 8 mg diets, and poults fed on the supplemented diet did not survive until 21 d of age. The erythrocyte glutathione reductase activation coefficient (EGRAC) of the poults was inversely related to dietary riboflavin at all ages. At 28 d of age the values for EGRAC of poults fed on the 2, 4 and 8 mg diets were 2.25, 1.59 and 1.25 respectively; at 31 d, following a single oral dose of 10 mg riboflavin administered on day 28, the same poults had EGRAC values of 1.36, 1.17 and 1.26. 2. In a second experiment, poults were fed on diets supplemented with 0, 2, 4, 8 or 12 mg riboflavin/kg. Maximum body weight was attained with the 4, 8 and 12 mg diets. At 28 d of age the EGRAC values for the 0, 2, 4, 8 and 12 mg treatments were 2.36, 2.34, 1.59, 1.28 and 1.18 respectively. The concentration of flavin in the liver was not related to riboflavin intake, whereas total flavin in the liver was positively related, being on average 94, 206, 400, 440 and 413 micrograms flavin/liver for the 0, 2, 4, 8 and 12 mg treatments respectively. 3. It is concluded that EGRAC is a sensitive indicator of riboflavin status in the turkey poult and that an EGRAC of 1.6 indicates a marginal riboflavin status. It is also concluded that liver total flavin reflects merely the effect of riboflavin on growth and liver size.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D009751 Nutritional Requirements The amounts of various substances in food needed by an organism to sustain healthy life. Dietary Requirements,Nutrition Requirements,Dietary Requirement,Nutrition Requirement,Nutritional Requirement,Requirement, Dietary,Requirement, Nutrition,Requirement, Nutritional,Requirements, Dietary,Requirements, Nutrition,Requirements, Nutritional
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D004912 Erythrocytes Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN. Blood Cells, Red,Blood Corpuscles, Red,Red Blood Cells,Red Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, Red,Blood Corpuscle, Red,Erythrocyte,Red Blood Cell,Red Blood Corpuscle
D005182 Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide A condensation product of riboflavin and adenosine diphosphate. The coenzyme of various aerobic dehydrogenases, e.g., D-amino acid oxidase and L-amino acid oxidase. (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p972) FAD,Flavitan,Dinucleotide, Flavin-Adenine,Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
D005415 Flavins Derivatives of the dimethylisoalloxazine (7,8-dimethylbenzo[g]pteridine-2,4(3H,10H)-dione) skeleton. Flavin derivatives serve an electron transfer function as ENZYME COFACTORS in FLAVOPROTEINS.
D005486 Flavin Mononucleotide A coenzyme for a number of oxidative enzymes including NADH DEHYDROGENASE. It is the principal form in which RIBOFLAVIN is found in cells and tissues. FMN,Flavin Mononucleotide Disodium Salt,Flavin Mononucleotide Monosodium Salt,Flavin Mononucleotide Monosodium Salt, Dihydrate,Flavin Mononucleotide Sodium Salt,Riboflavin 5'-Monophosphate,Riboflavin 5'-Phosphate,Riboflavin Mononucleotide,Sodium Riboflavin Phosphate,5'-Monophosphate, Riboflavin,5'-Phosphate, Riboflavin,Mononucleotide, Flavin,Mononucleotide, Riboflavin,Phosphate, Sodium Riboflavin,Riboflavin 5' Monophosphate,Riboflavin 5' Phosphate,Riboflavin Phosphate, Sodium
D005980 Glutathione Reductase Catalyzes the oxidation of GLUTATHIONE to GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE in the presence of NADP+. Deficiency in the enzyme is associated with HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA. Formerly listed as EC 1.6.4.2. Glutathione-Disulfide Reductase,Reductase, Glutathione,Reductase, Glutathione-Disulfide
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012256 Riboflavin Nutritional factor found in milk, eggs, malted barley, liver, kidney, heart, and leafy vegetables. The richest natural source is yeast. It occurs in the free form only in the retina of the eye, in whey, and in urine; its principal forms in tissues and cells are as FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE and FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE. Vitamin B 2,Vitamin G,Vitamin B2

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