Thiamin
1984
Wood, Beverly
A detailed review article summarizes and discusses a wide variety of aspects related to the essential vitamin, thiamin. Topics include its nomenclature, biological functions, total body content, absorption, excretion, experimental deficiency in animals and humans, and its naturally-occuring deficiency in humans. Other aspects include Australian studies of thiamin status; its interactions with other nutritents, drugs, and alcohol; specific disease conditions afecting its absorption (renal disease, cancer); a table of thiamin contents in various foods; recommended thiamin intakes for the USA, UK, Australia, and Canada; the treatment of thiamin deficiency; and recommended intakes for infants, children, and adults.(wz)
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