Review Article
Role of the Synthetic B1 Vitamin Sulbutiamine on Health
Figure 2
Sulbutiamine transformation in the body. Molecule at left, sulbutiamine; center molecule, O-isobutyryl-thiamine; white inside red blood cell, thiamine triphosphate. As genuine sulbutiamine was never detected in the blood after oral or intravenous administration, its transformation must be very rapid.