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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a severe memory disorder usually associated with chronic excessive alcohol consumption, although the direct cause is a deficiency in the B vitamin thiamin. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D...
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Thiamine is one of the B vitamins, a group of water-soluble vitamins that participate in many of the chemical reactions in the body.
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Thiamine, also known as vitamin B 1 , was the first of the water-soluble B-vitamin family to be discovered. It is an essential component of an enzyme, thiamine pyrophosphate, that is involved in metabolizing carbohydrates .
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Water-soluble, B complex vitamin.
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Thiamine, also known as vitamin B 1 , was the first of the water-soluble B-vitamin family to be discovered. It is an essential component of an enzyme, thiamine pyrophosphate, that is involved in metabolizing carbohydrates.
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Thiamine is vitamin B1. Vitamins are naturally occurring substances necessary for many
processes in the body. Thiamine is important in the breakdown of carbohydrates (sugars) in the
foods we eat into products needed by the body.
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