Signs you are in a mexican medical school
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Loading ...Niacin deficiency is a subject that we studied in biochemistry when discussing vitamin B3, or niacin. Without going into details, a disease characterized by this vitamin’s deficiency is pellagra. Diets whose main source of carbohydrate is corn are particularly at risk for this disease because niacin is not available in corn, usually. One notable exception is tortillas, where the normal preparation of the hard corn kernels involves soaking them in lime (Ca(OH)2) or lye (NaOH) solution which releases niacin from the corn kernel, preventing pellagra.
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Living in Mexico, Medical School | enrico | 
October 7, 2005 9:04 pm
