RIBOFLAVIN AND VITAMIN B1 IN WAR-TIME BEERS

Vitamin B1

Vitamin B1 is a watersoluble vitamin. It consists out of a pyrimidineand a thiazol ring, which are synthesized independently and linked afterwards.Vitamin B1 is de novo produced by many plants and microorganisms. Humans and animals have to take it up by nutrition. They are only able to do the phosphorylation reaction of the thiamin molecule. Thiamin is found free and as mono-, diand triphosphat...

Intestinal Flora and Vitamin B1

Vitamin-B1 Deficiency

Riboflavin (vitamin B-2) and health1,2

Riboflavin is unique among the water-soluble vitamins in that milk and dairy products make the greatest contribution to its intake in Western diets. Meat and fish are also good sources of riboflavin, and certain fruit and vegetables, especially dark-green vegetables, contain reasonably high concentrations. Biochemical signs of depletion arise within only a few days of dietary deprivation. Poor ...

Vitamin B1 Deficient Animals and Poliomyelitis *

In previous experiments,2 an unsuccessful attempt was made to acclimate monkey cord virus to white rats, which had been made completely vitamin B1 deficient by feeding them a vitamin B1 free diet for 30 days prior to the start of the experiment. It was thought that our failure might have been due to the fact that we did not have the animals in a proper state or stage of deficiency; perhaps the ...