A deficiency of this compound in mammals results in (*) beriberi, and it was first named aneurin due to the detrimental neurological effects it causes when lacking in the diet.
Sir Rudolph Peters found that pigeons with an insufficient intake of this compound displayed opisthotonos, a behavior of head retraction characteristic of this compound's deficiency. One of this compound's derivatives is a cofactor required for the oxydative decarboxylation of pyruvate, which then forms Acetyl-Co-A, while another, TPP, is a coenzyme in the catabolism of sugars and amino acids. A deficiency of this compound in mammals results in (*) beriberi, and it was first named aneurin due to the detrimental neurological effects it causes when lacking in the diet. A pyrimidine and a thiazole ring form, for ten points , what water-soluble vitamin, also known as thiamine?
Sir Rudolph Peters found that pigeons with an insufficient intake of this compound displayed opisthotonos, a behavior of head retraction characteristic of this compound's deficiency.
Vitamin {B1} (accept {thiamine} before mentioned)