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Studies on the ascorbic acid metabolism of callitrichid monkeys by14C isotope excretion technique

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Recently it has been found that the two monkey species Callithrix jacchus and Saguinus fuscicollis, both belonging to the same New World monkey family Callitrichidae and held in the same colony under identical conditions, had extremely different serum ascorbate levels. To examine the ascorbic acid metabolism the14C-excretion of orally given 1-14C-ascorbic acid was studied under conditions of marginal and abundant vitamin C supply and under intentional stress. There were large differences in the mode of14C excretion between low and high ascorbate supply. The differences were smaller between stress/no stress conditions intraindividually than between the two species, but they were in the same manner. In comparable trials S. fuscicollis reacted such that a higher status of stress can be supposed in this species.

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Bei den beiden Affenarten Callithrix jacchus und Saguinus fuscicollis, die der gleichen Neuweltaffenfamilie der Krallenaffen angehören, wurden extrem unterschiedliche Serumascorbatspiegel gefunden, obwohl die Tiere unter identischen Bedingungen in derselben Kolonie gehalten wurden. Die14C-Ausscheidung von oral verabreichter 1-14C-AA wurde unter marginaler wie auch reichlicher Vitamin-C-Versorgung sowie unter Streßbedingungen untersucht. Zwischen niedriger und hoher Vitamin-C-Versorgung traten große Unterschiede im14C-Ausscheidungsmodus auf. Der Speziesunterschied war dabei geringer als der Unterschied zwischen individuellen Streß-/Nichtstreß-Bedingungen, aber in beiden Fällen war er gleichartig. In vergleichbaren Versuchen reagierte S. fuscicollis derart, daß ein höherer Streßzustand bei dieser Spezies angenommen werden kann.

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In memoriam Prof. Dr. H. Zucker

Part of this work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Flurer, C.I., Geyer, G., Berg, D. et al. Studies on the ascorbic acid metabolism of callitrichid monkeys by14C isotope excretion technique. Z Ernährungswiss 29, 192–196 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021558

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