Talk:Beriberi
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oh shoot! this page: http://chemistry.gsu.edu/glactone/vitamins/b1/ says that Funk didn't in fact crystallize thiamine from rice hulls, but instead probably nicotinic acid. anyone know enough about this to say?
- I thought that nicotinic acid was thiamine. thefamouseccles 02:38, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Never mind... nicotinic acid is niacin, not thiamine. thefamouseccles 02:43, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
[edit] In desperate need of cleaning up.
This article is in very desperate need of cleaning up. However, I shall leave this to the pros.
[edit] Clarification needed...
...on a whole heap of statements made on this page. In particular, though, the following statement is entirely meaningless without some sort of sourcing and context: "One in every twenty people were found to have at least a mild case of Beriberi. The data were gathered in a 2000 study by the National Institute of Health Mental division." Who? Where? How big was the sample? etc etc
I'm going to clean up the article a bit, but it could do with a lot of help from someone who actually knows something about the subject Tpth 04:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Just made a few edits to improve the prose, but have no expertise to offer, sorry. Moilforgold 02:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
