Distribution of thiamine derivatives in human biopsies.

Among the 33 patients, 29 were hospitalized because of cardiovascular problems. The results are expressed as means ± SD. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of patients. The numbers in brackets indicate the number of samples in which the compound was observed, if different from the number of patients. n.d., not detected. 1great sapheneous vein, mammary vein, 2mammary artery, radial artery, coronary artery. 3mitral valve, aortic valve. 4One patient, of 82 years, had no measurable ThTP in the skeletal muscle sample. This sample also had a low ThDP content (5 pmol/mg of protein).