title: [Prophylactic and therapeutic application of thiamine (vitamin B1)--a new point of view].
abstract: Usefulness and application of vitamin B1 (thiamine) and it's derivatives (benfotiamine, sulfotiamine) in some environmental diseases like congestive heart failure and diabetes is described. Possibility of its use in geriatry and in pain-associated diseases is also analysed. Concise description of the role of thiamine in the human organism, its content in some food products and results of this vitamin deficiency are also presented.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Kardiologii Katedry Kardiologii w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Sylwia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Małecka
authors.forename: Kajetan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poprawski
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bilski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051381:Rats; D013831:Thiamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine; C013835:benphothiamine