Biomaterial Database

When Was B1, the First Vitamin, Discovered?: An Alternative Perspective. 2016

Shozo Sugiura

School of Environmental Sciences University of Shiga Prefecture.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D007802	Language	A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.	Dialect,Dialects,Languages
D005511	Food Handling	Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, processing, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food.	Food Processing,Handling, Food,Processing, Food
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000067348	Whole Grains	Edible seeds which contain all components of the seed - germ, bran, and ENDOSPERM.	Whole Grain Cereals,Cereal, Whole Grain,Cereals, Whole Grain,Grain Cereal, Whole,Grain Cereals, Whole,Grain, Whole,Grains, Whole,Whole Grain,Whole Grain Cereal
D001602	Beriberi	A disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) and characterized by polyneuritis, cardiac pathology, and edema. The epidemic form is found primarily in areas in which white (polished) rice is the staple food, as in Japan, China, the Philippines, India, and other countries of southeast Asia. (Dorland, 27th ed)
D012275	Oryza	A genus of grass family (Poaceae) that include several rice species.	Oryza sativa,Rice,Rices
D013831	Thiamine	3-((4-Amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-5-(2- hydroxyethyl)-4-methylthiazolium chloride.	Aneurin,Vitamin B 1,Thiamin,Thiamine Mononitrate,Vitamin B1,Mononitrate, Thiamine
D013832	Thiamine Deficiency	A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of THIAMINE in the diet, characterized by anorexia, irritability, and weight loss. Later, patients experience weakness, peripheral neuropathy, headache, and tachycardia. In addition to being caused by a poor diet, thiamine deficiency in the United States most commonly occurs as a result of alcoholism, since ethanol interferes with thiamine absorption. In countries relying on polished rice as a dietary staple, BERIBERI prevalence is very high. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1171)	Deficiency, Thiamine,Deficiencies, Thiamine,Thiamine Deficiencies
D014803	Vitamin B Complex	A group of water-soluble vitamins, some of which are COENZYMES.	B Vitamin,B Vitamins,Neurobion,Vitamin, B