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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: blue urine from food
Summary: Sounds like riboflavin to me...
Keywords: YELLOW, Very Very yellow
Message-ID: <4207@kitty.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 90 04:45:27 GMT
References: <1990Oct29.161332.27997@agate.berkeley.edu> <999@ai.cs.utexas.edu> <2070@calmasd.Prime.COM>
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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In article <2070@calmasd.Prime.COM>, msgctr@calmasd.Prime.COM (Message Center) writes:
> So bright, it looks like the soda Mountain Dew... 
> Of course, it only looks like that after I've taken my vitamin 
> packet... Quick too, take vitamins at 8:00 by 9:30 urine is 
> already in the running for most flourescent...

	Sounds like the effects of riboflavin (Vitamin B2) to me.

	Riboflavin in its pure state is a bright yellow-orange substance,
and it fluoresces a brilliant yellow-green under UV illumination.

	To be certain, darken the bathroom and hold a UV lamp over the
toilet. :-)

Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp.  "Have you hugged your cat today?"
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