Blood, 1958, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 457-463.
© 1958 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Enhanced Urinary Excretion of Co60 Vitamin B12 Produced
by Delayed Release Capsules
P. C. JOHNSON 1 and
E. S. BERGER 1
1 Radioisotope Service, V.A. Hospital and Department of Medicine, University
of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
1. Patients without known hematologic disease were given 8 µg. (0.2 µc.
Co60 vitamin B12 as a water solution or in various types of delayed release
capsules.
2. All groups showed approximately equal fecal excretion. However, the
cobalt60-labeled vitamin B12 delayed release capsules showed a greater urinary
excretion after a loading dose of stable B12 than did the water solution of
labeled vitamin B12.
Submitted on March 4, 1957
Accepted on November 25, 1957