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Thiamine Summary
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Thiamine Overview Thiamine (THYE-uh-min) is the water-soluble vitamin, vitamin B1. It is also known as 3-(4-Amino-2-methylpyrimidyl-5-methyl)-4-methyl-5,β-hydroxyethylthiazolium. It is usually made available as one of its salts, especially...
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Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Summary
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Like all the water-soluble B vitamins, thiamine functions as a coenzyme, primarily in the metabolism of carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats and proteins. It also helps to produce ribose, an important sugar needed by all body cells for the...
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Thiamine : Phytochemicals and Bioactive Compounds from Plants
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Aneurine; Vitamin Good sources include peas, beans and other legumes, oatmeal, whole wheat, rice husks, and most green leafy vegetables. Vitamin or enzyme co-factor. It is associated with carbohydrate metabolisms by combining with pyrophosphoric acid...
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Thiamine : Biological Psychology
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Thiamine (vitamin B1) is one of the essential VITAMINS. See also: Korsakoff’s syndrome;...
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Thiamine Information
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For the similarly spelled nucleic acid, see Thymine Thiamine or thiamin, also known as vitamin B1 and aneurine hydrochloride, is one of the B vitamins. It is a colorless compound with chemical formula C12H17N4OS. It is soluble in water and insoluble in...


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Alternative Medicine Review
Thiamine. (Monograph).
02/01/2003: 2,132 words, approx. 7 pages
Introduction [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is a water-soluble, B-complex vitamin necessary for metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and tats. Thiamine is involved as a cofactor in numerous enzymes, and is essential in every cell for ATP production via...
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Alcohol Research & Health
The role of thiamine deficiency in alcoholic brain disease.
03/22/2003: 6,517 words, approx. 22 pages
A deficiency in the essential nutrient thiamine resulting from chronic alcohol consumption is one factor underlying alcohol-induced brain damage. Thiamine is a helper molecule (i.e., a cofactor) required by three enzymes involved in two pathways of carbohydrate metabolism. Because intermediate products of these...
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Obesity surgery complication studied
3/14/2007: 464 words, approx. 2 pages
Doctors warn that a few obesity surgery patients have developed a serious neurological condition, with symptoms of confusion and poor coordination, linked to a lack of vitamin B1.Wernicke encephalopathy, which is caused by a thiamine deficiency, is normally associated with severe alcoholism or chronic malnutrition....
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Obesity surgery patients should watch for rare complication caused by lack of vitamin B1
3/14/2007: 464 words, approx. 2 pages
Doctors warn that a few obesity surgery patients have developed a serious neurological condition, with symptoms of confusion and poor coordination, linked to a lack of vitamin B1.Wernicke encephalopathy, which is caused by a thiamine deficiency, is normally associated with severe alcoholism or chronic malnutrition....
 


 

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