[Thiamine diphosphate absorption by the cells of Pliss lymphosarcoma and Ehrlich ascitic cancer]

Concentration difference of vitamin B1 coenzyme in blood and in ascitic fluid was found in mice with the Ehrlich ascites tumour. The thiamine diphosphate deficiency was detected in the liver of rats with the Pliss lymphosarcoma. The introduction of cocarboxylase to animals was accompanied by the active absorption of this coenzyme by tumours. It is observed that experimental tumours disturb the vitamin B1 balance in the organism.