The author has studied new electro-active forms of thiamin and cocarboxylase by means of oscillopolarography, and points out their analytical application. As contribution to the determination of thiamin in medicines, research was done on a new yellow-green luminescent degradation product formed on treating thiamin with 30% H 2O 2 or Na 2O 2 in strong alkaline solution. Further study of the stability of thiamin and the electro-activity of cocarboxylase offers new prospects for the non-enzymic determination of bound vitamine B 1, in natural materials.
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