Vitamin B1 - Forms
Description
Vitamin B1 is not a single compound, rather a collection of several similar compounds.
Forms of Vitamin B1
Benfotiamine is a pharmaceutical, fat-soluble of Vitamin B1. Its bioavailability is 3.6 times higher than that of Thiamine Hydrochloride. Benfotiamine cannot cross the Blood-Brain Barrier. [1]
Dicethiamine Hydrochloride
Fursultiamine (also known as: Allithiamin; Allithiamine; Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide; TTFD) is an of Vitamin B1 that is highly fat-soluble and is therefore not subject to rate-limiting active transport systems associated with water-soluble forms of Vitamin B1. This means that larger quantities of this form can be absorbed by the body compared to water-soluble forms of Vitamin B1.
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