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Chemists have confirmed a 67-year-old theory about vitamin B1 by stabilizing a reactive molecule in water—a feat long thought impossible. The discovery not only solves a biochemical mystery, but ...

Vitamin B1. Vitamin B1 (thiamin) functions as a coenzyme in the synthesis of sugars and amino acids. It was discovered in the 1890s by Christiaan Eijkman, a Dutch military physician.

In vitamin B 1 's case, this job is done mostly by two transporters: SLC19A2 and SLC19A3. While we know these transporters are important for human health, it has been unclear how exactly they work ...

Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, helps the body turn food into energy. It’s found in poultry, beans, fortified breads, and more. ... This is why its name carries the number 1.

Vitamin B1, or thiamin, is essential for glucose metabolism and healthy nerve, muscle, and heart function. A deficiency of vitamin B1 can be fatal.

THE experiments of Heyroth and Loofbourow have established a close correlation between the physiological activity of concentrates of vitamin B1 (after eliminating inactive purines and pyrimidines ...