The state of the vitamin industry USSR during the Great Patriotic War

Abstract

The article provides facts about the state of the USSR's vitamin industry in the pre-war years of the Great Patriotic War. It lists the research and production organizations involved in the study and production of vitamin products. The article presents the results of experiments on working with medicinal plant raw materials and stabilizing aqueous solutions with vitamin C. It also describes a method for purifying solutions of ascorbic acid obtained from pine needles. The article examines the vitamin C content in various types of medicinal plants of the rosehip genus during the ripening process. The article describes methods for enriching fish oil with vitamin A from zander liver and extracting carotene from waste products of ascorbic acid production. It also presents the history of the discussion and approval of domestic vitamin K at a meeting of the Pharmacological Committee of the USSR Ministry of Health.