[The vitamin status of miners working at deep levels and its correction].

Providing with ascorbic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and niacin was studied in miners at deep levels before and after intake of correcting doses of vitamins. Enrichment of the food ration with vitamins produced a positive effect on the working capacity of the miners under study. The levels of vitamin consumption (vitamin-energy coefficients) have been estimated correcting the vitamin balance in miners working at deep levels.

[Effect of the method of vitaminizing bread made from top-grade wheat flour on its thiamine, riboflavin and niacin content].

Preservation of thiamine, riboflavin and niacin was studied in bread baked either from best-grade wheat flour enriched with vitamins B1, B2 and PP at the mill, or after the vitamins were added to the dough at the bakery. It was established that during the bread baking the content of vitamins was decreased by 33.3-58.

[Absorption and the immune response to ovalbumin administered by various methods in the dogs].

Absorption and immune response to ovalbumin (OA) were studied in chronic experiments on dogs after intraenteral administration (5 dogs) and feeding (3 dogs) with non-boiled hen eggs. A modified concurrent radioimmunoassay was used to estimate the blood serum content of OA antigenic structures and antibodies to them. In 7 out of 8 dogs the antigen was detected in blood already after the first intraenteral administration or feeding.

[Assessment of the in vitro digestibility of dietary proteins and of the degree of the breakdown of their antigenic structures by using polyenzyme systems].

A comparative assessment was made of the digestion of bovine serum albumin (BSA), chicken ovalbumin (OVA), and casein by means of the gastric juice--duodenal contents floccular gel structures (FGS) system and a four-enzymic system including trypsin, chymotrypsin, peptidase, and bacterial protease preparations. Decomposition of the BSA and OVA antigenic structures with the use of the two systems was also studied. Significant differences in BSA and OVA digestion by the gastric juice--FGS system were detected both with respect to amino nitrogen content and to the degree of their antigenic structure decomposition, whereas no such differences were observed when the four-enzymic system was used.