Vitamins flaxseed

Kratzer (1946) reported that pyridoxine supplementation in chicks on diets containing a linseed meal was necessary to counteract the vitamin B6 deficiency. Klosterman et al. (1967) identified the antipyridoxine factor linatine. Although linatine is a problem in chicks, flaxseed has not been associated with a vitamin B6 deficiency in humans. In fact, no affect on serum pyridoxine levels in subjects consuming 45 grams of flaxseed per day over 5 weeks was observed (Dieken, 1992). 

Klosterman, H.J., Lamoureux, G.L., and Parsons, J.L. 1967. Isolation, characterization, and synthesis of linatine. A vitamin B6 antagonist from flaxseed (Linum ustitatissimuni). Biochemistry 6,170-177. 

Leeson, S., Caston, L.J., and Maclaurin, T. 1998. Organoleptic evaluation of eggs produced by laying hens fed diets containing graded levels of flaxseed and vitamin E. Poult. Sci. 77, 1436-1440. 

Scheideler, S. and Froning, G. 1996. The combined influence of dietary flaxseed variety, level, form, and storage conditions on egg production and composition among vitamin E-supplemented hens. Poult. Sci. 75, 1221-1226. 

Bell, J. A., Griinari, J. M., Kennelly, J. J. (2006). Effect of safflower oil, flaxseed oil, monen-sin, and vitamin E on concentration of conjugated linoleic acid in bovine milk fat. Journal of Dairy Science, 89, 733-748. 

Bhatty and Cherdkiatgumchai (1990) have reported the mineral and vitamin composition of Canadian grown flaxseeds (Table 8). Flaxseed (lOOg) may provide 100% of the... 

Table 8. Mineral and vitamin contents of flaxseed meaf...

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