Search for dissertations about: "thiamin"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word thiamin.

  2. 1. Thiamin (vitamin B1) in the aquatic food web

    Author : Emil Fridolfsson; Samuel Hylander; Michael T. Brett; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; phytoplankton; zooplankton; thiamin; transfer; food web dynamics; micronutrient; vitamin; Baltic Sea; community composition; M74; salmon; B1; växtplankton; djurplankton; tiamin; överföring; födoväv; mikronäringsämne; vitamin; Östersjön; B1; lax; Ecology; Ekologi;

    Abstract : Thiamin (vitamin B1) is required for several life-sustaining processes in most organisms and cells, e.g. in the conversion of food to energy. It also serves as an antioxidant and is important for proper nerve signaling. READ MORE

  4. 2. Insights into enzymatic thiamin catalysis

    Author : Christer Wikner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : thiamin; transketolase; catalysis; catalytic mechanism; site-directed muta genesis; enzyme kinetics; circular dichroism Christer Wikner; Molecular Structural Biology; Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Karolinska Institutet; S-171 77 Stoc;

    Abstract : Thiamin diphosphate, the biologically active form of vitamin B,, functions as a cofactor in various enzymes in the cell. The protein enhances the reactivity of the cofactor by binding it in a very specific manner. READ MORE

  5. 3. Association between diet and treatment results in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

    Author : Cecilia Lourdudoss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases. The causes of these diseases are unknown and evidence indicates that a combination of both genetic and environmental factors contribute to their etiology. Several studies have reported dietary benefits for patients with RA as well as SLE. READ MORE

  6. 4. Structural enzymology of oxalate degradation in Oxalobacter formigenes

    Author : Catrine L Berthold; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Oxalic acid, as one of nature's most highly oxidised compounds, is toxic to most organisms. It is introduced in the human body in the diet but also as a waste product of cellular metabolism. Mammals do not posses the ability to degrade oxalate and must excrete it in the urine or through the intestine. READ MORE