aneurin, -ine Biochem.
(əˈnjʊərɪn)
[f. anti- + polyneuritis + vitamin.]
Vitamin B1; = thiamine.
| 1935 B. C. P. Jansen in Nature 16 Feb. 267/2, I propose to call the present vitamin B1 in the future aneurin... Dr. Donath and I were the first to obtain this vitamin in a crystalline state. 1945 New Biol. I. 16 Aneurine (the anti-beri-beri vitamin, B1)..and riboflavine..are present in appreciable quantities. 1946 Nature 31 Aug. 306/1 A conditioned pyridoxine deficiency in rats receiving a diet of high aneurin content. |