title: Dihydrothiamine-like substances as experimental artefacts.
abstract: Experimental controls have shown that the dihydrothiamine-like substance previously reported as isolated from animal tissues was an artefact. In addition, no evidence is found for the reduction of thiamine by NADH.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000032:analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009243:NAD; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013831:Thiamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D013831:Thiamine