THE ROLE OF CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS AND VITAMIN D IN PREGNANCY 1
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- 1 November 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 11 (6) , 1313-1319
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci100479
Abstract
Experiments on 19 pregnant rats (producing in all 140 young) indicated that the feeding of vitamin D (Viosterol 250 D), coupled with either a high or low Ca- and P-containing diet, produced greater assimilation of these elements by the maternal organism, and promoted better transmission of them from mother to fetus. Viosterol-fed mothers, whether on a high or low Ca and P diet, delivered larger offspring containing greater amounts of ash, Ca and P than did the mother rats not receiving viosterol. Bone ash from mother rats receiving a diet very poor in Ca and P without viosterol showed decided diminution in Ca and P content, indicating a drain of these elements from the maternal bone structure by the fetus.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: