Thiamine and benfotiamine: Focus on their therapeutic potential

I Bozic, I Lavrnja - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, is an essential nutrient that plays a crucial role in
energy metabolism and overall health. It is a water-soluble vitamin that plays an important …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective effects of thiamine and precursors with higher bioavailability: focus on benfotiamine and dibenzoylthiamine

M Sambon, P Wins, L Bettendorff - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thiamine (vitamin B1) is essential for brain function because of the coenzyme role of
thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) in glucose and energy metabolism. In order to compensate …

Insights into thiamine supplementation in patients with septic shock

NA Costa, AG Pereira, CSA Sugizaki, NM Vieira… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Septic shock is associated with unacceptably high mortality rates, mainly in develo**
countries. New adjunctive therapies have been explored to reduce global mortality related to …

Regulation of PKC/TLR-4/NF-kB signaling by sulbutiamine improves diabetic nephropathy in rats

HR Ghaiad, SO Ali, AK Al-Mokaddem… - Chemico-Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the serious complications of diabetes mellitus is diabetic nephropathy (DN) which
may finally lead to renal failure. The current study aimed to explore the effect of …

Ameliorating diabetes‐induced testicular dysfunction by modulating PKC/Nrf2/Bcl‐2 signaling: protective role of sulbutiamine

M Abdelmonem, SO Ali, AK Al‐Mokaddem… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of testicular dysfunction is increasing as it is a common diabetes mellites
(DM) complication. The objective of this study is to explore the potential protective effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Dibenzoylthiamine has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in cultured cells and in mouse models of stress and neurodegeneration

M Sambon, A Gorlova, A Demelenne, J Alhama-Riba… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Thiamine precursors, the most studied being benfotiamine (BFT), have protective effects in
mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases. BFT decreased oxidative stress and …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic thioesters of thiamine: promising tools for slowing progression of neurodegenerative diseases

L Bettendorff - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thiamine (vitamin B1) is essential for the brain. This is attributed to the coenzyme role of
thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) in glucose and energy metabolism. The synthetic thiamine …

Thiamine disulfide derivatives in thiol redox regulation: Role of thioredoxin and glutathione systems

A Folda, V Scalcon, F Tonolo, MP Rigobello… - BioFactors, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Thiamine (vitamin B1), under the proper conditions, is able to reversibly open the
thiazole ring, forming a thiol‐bearing molecule that can be further oxidized to the …

Multi-drug cocktail therapy improves survival and neurological function after asphyxial cardiac arrest in rodents

RC Choudhary, M Shoaib, K Hayashida, T Yin… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Cardiac arrest (CA) can lead to neuronal degeneration and death through
various pathways, including oxidative, inflammatory, and metabolic stress. However, current …

Insights into Large-Scale Synthesis of Benfotiamine

A Hanganu, M Maximov, OC Maximov… - … Process Research & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
There has been increased interest in the synthesis of benfotiamine during the past few
years, most likely as a direct consequence of growing market demand. It has much higher …