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IT has been known for many years1 that a close connexion exists between pantothenic acid and the suprarenal glands, atrophy of which may result from a deficiency of pantothenic acid. More recently, Hurley and Morgan2, arguing that animals in the final stages of pantothenic acid deficiency should behave as though adrenalectomized, showed that rats on such a diet were less resistant to the stress of anoxia than were normal controls.
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TAYLOR, D. Effects of Deficiency of Pantothenic Acid on Oxygen Poisoning in the Rat. Nature 183, 257 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183257a0
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