diˌphosphoˈthiamine Biochem.
Also -in.
[di-2 + phospho- + thiamine.]
= cocarboxylase.
| 1939 Barron & Lyman in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CXXVII. 144 Lipmann's studies..on the action of diphosphothiamine as a catalyst for the oxidation of pyruvic acid have been confirmed by experiments. 1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 344 Important advances in vitamin research included the clarification of the functions of diphosphothiamin in carbohydrate metabolism. 1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition 32/2 Cocarboxylase is the diphosphate of vitamin B1, alternatively known as thiamine pyrophosphate or diphosphothiamine. |