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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 26, 1339-1348, Copyright © 1973 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Vitamin B6 status in pregnancy

Sigfried Heller 1, Richard M. Salkeld 2, and Wilhelm F. Körner 2

1 University Obstetric Clinic, Tübingen, West Germany
2 Department of Vitamin and Nutrition Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., Ltd., Basel, Switzerland

The vitamin B6 status of 493 pregnant women was investigated by means of the erythrocyte glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (EGOT) activation test. Of the 458 women with uncomplicated pregnancies, 40 to 60% were found to be suboptimally supplied with vitamin B6 in order to saturate EGOT in comparison with a group of over 300 male and female blood donors. Mothers of higher gravidity were slightly more deficient with respect to enzyme saturation than those of lower gravidity. In the whole group there was otherwise no correlation between vitamin B6 status and various clinical parameters during pregnancy and delivery. Nevertheless, if one assumes that a good maternal vitamin B6 status is of value to the offspring, it is suggested that pyridoxine supplementation is necessary in 50% of the pregnant women in order to maintain normal coenzyme saturation of the enzymes tested.






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