: a vitamin C12H17N4OSCl of the vitamin B complex that is essential to normal metabolism and nerve function and is widespread in plants and animals
called alsovitamin B1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebSweet corn is a good source of vitamin C, thiamine, folate, magnesium and potassium. Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2022 Whole grains also provide important micronutrients, including vitamin E and various B vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamine, niacin, and folate, that offer critical support to digestion, the nervous system, and more, Caplan says. Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2019 Alzheimer’s disease have shown low thiamine levels. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 June 2022 Federal biologists point to the drop in alewives — and a subsequent healthy rise in thiamine levels in lake trout eggs.jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 Alewives carry high levels of an enzyme that triggers a thiamine deficiency in trout, which causes their eggs to either not hatch or induces deadly development problems in trout offspring.jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 The new research argues that an underlying cause of problems with the explorer’s heart and breathing was a thiamine deficiency. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2021 The doctor ordered the missing minerals and admitted her to the hospital for a five-day course of high-dose thiamine replacement.New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 Hoffman started the patient on intravenous thiamine even before the results of the testing came back.New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
thiamine alteration of thiamin, from thi- + -amin (as in vitamin)