benfotiamine

Benfotiamine is a thioester that is a synthetic analogue of thiamine obtained by acylative cleavage of the thiazole ring and O-phospohorylation. It has a role as an antioxidant, a protective agent, a nutraceutical, an immunological adjuvant and a provitamin B1. It is a member of formamides, an organic phosphate, an aminopyrimidine and a thioester. It is functionally related to a thiamine(1+).