Vitamin Protection Against Atomic Peril
Received Friday, 8 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Two scientists from- Florida Southern College reported today that they had isolated vitamin P in citrus waste that gave protection against atomic radiation. Drs. Boris Sokoloff and James Redd; said the vitamin could he produced cheaply from citrus waste and they had a large quantity on handb for clinical tests. They had been conducting research on their project for three years. ! The scientists said vitamin P 1 had been known as a factor in the | correction of the function of smalli . blood vessels. Radiation from, ■ atomic bomb blasts at Hiroshima j and Nagasaki apparently produced: ! changes in the qhemical structure i of the wall of the blood vessels, making them fragile and leading to excessive bleeding — characteMs-i tio of. radiation illness. TfePY, sought, therefore, to provide vitamin P in large quantities to discover whether the vitamin given i in sizeable doses would protect animals against a near lethal dose of radiation. The scientists suggested that the vitamin might be usecl to good effect v/here injury to the capiliary system of the kidney was the main factor in cases of high blood pressure.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 5
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