| thiamine pyrophosphate |
cocarboxylase: a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle
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| thiamine |
vitamin B1: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
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| thiamine pyrophosphate |
is derived from another B-complex vitamin, thiamine. This coenzyme often plays a role in the removal of carboxyl (-COOH) groups from organic acids, releasing the carbon and oxygen atoms as carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). This coenzyme, for example, helps to remove a carboxyl group from pyruvic acid, leaving behind an acetyl group, which it donates to lipoic acid; the lipoic acid then transfers the acetyl group to coenzyme A, which finally inserts it into the beginning of the Krebs cycle. ...
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| thiamine |
The scientific name for vitamin B1.
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| thiamine hydrochloride |
C12H17ClN4OS¡¤HCl; a white crystalline compound which occurs naturally or can be synthesized. It is found in a wide variety of foods including sunflower seeds, pork, whole and enriched grain
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