Experimental Megaloblastic Anemia and Scurvy in the Monkey

As folinic acid (citrovorum factor) has been considered a biologically active derivative of folic acid, and because it presumal)Iy must be in the free form before use in metabolic reactions, the free folinic acid (free FNA) content of the liver was also determined. This was accomplished by assay of the sl)ecimens, treated as described later, with Leuconostoc citrovorurn. MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA AND SCURVY. IV Feces The wet feces were weighed, homogenized with distilled water in a Waring blendor,