Thiamine - Beri-beri and Wernicke- Korsakoff syndrome

Correction- excessive consumption of polished rice causes beriberi

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Thiamine -
Active form TPP
Required for PDH, KG- DH, Transketolase

2 imp functions
1. Energy generation
2. Nerve impulse transmission

Deficiency causes
1. Dry Beri-beri
2. Wet Beri-beri
3. Infantile Beri-beri
and
4. Wernicke- Korsakoff syndrome

Reference
Harrison's principles of internal medicine
Vasudevan Biochemistry
Case oriented approach by Chhabra
MD Rafi
Satyanarayana etc.

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