Vitamin B1 also known as thiamine acts as a coenzyme in cell respiration and is also important in alcoholic fermentation.
Certain organic compounds are required in small amounts by our bodies but their deficiency of them causes diseases. Such compounds are known as vitamins.
The term vitamin comes from the two words vital and amine because some of them contain an amino group.
The vitamins are named after letters of the English alphabet like A, B, C, D, E, and K.
Vitamin B is of different types like B1, B2, B6, B12, etc.
Out of different types of Vitamin B, Vitamin B1(Thiamine) is the only one that acts as a coenzyme in cell respiration and is also important in alcoholic fermentation.
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