Vitamin B1 analogue
Vitamin B1 analogues are analogues of vitamin B1, thiamine. They typically have improved bioavailability relative to thiamine itself, and are used to treat conditions caused by vitamin B1 deficiency. These conditions include beriberi, Korsakoff's syndrome, Wernicke's encephalopathy and diabetic neuropathy.
List of vitamin B1 analogues
Vitamin B1 analogues include:[1]
- Acefurtiamine
- Acetiamine
- Allithiamine
- Beclotiamine
- Benfotiamine[2]
- Bentiamine
- Bisbentiamine
- Cetotiamine
- Cycotiamine
- Fursultiamine
- Monophosphothiamine
- Octotiamine
- Prosultiamine
- Sulbutiamine
- Vintiamol
See also
- B vitamins
- Thiamine pyrophosphate, a thiamine derivative
References
- Martindale W (1993). The Extra Pharmacopoeia. Pharmaceutical Press. p. 1053. ISBN 978-0-85369-300-0.
- Yadav UC, Kalariya NM, Srivastava SK, Ramana KV (May 2010). "Protective role of benfotiamine, a fat-soluble vitamin B1 analogue, in lipopolysaccharide-induced cytotoxic signals in murine macrophages". Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 48 (10): 1423–34. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.02.031. PMC 2856750. PMID 20219672.
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