Oryzanin (English spelling)

Japanese: オリザニン - おりざにん(英語表記)Oryzanin
Oryzanin (English spelling)

A trade name for thiamine hydrochloride (vitamin B1 ). In 1910 (Meiji 43), Suzuki Umetaro isolated an active ingredient from rice bran that is necessary for the growth of animals and whose deficiency causes beriberi, and named it oryzanin after the Latin name for rice, oryza. This was the first discovery of a vitamin, and at almost the same time, Funk isolated a similar active ingredient and named it vitamin, which became a globally accepted name. It was released by Sankyo Co., Ltd. (now Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.) in 1911.

[Fumiji Koho]

"The Discovery of Oryzanin - The Life of Suzuki Umetaro" by Saito Sanemasa (1977, Kyoritsu Shuppan)

[Reference item] | Beriberi | Drug | Sankyo | Umetaro Suzuki | Thiamine | Vitamin | Funk

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

塩酸チアミン(ビタミンB1)の商品名。1910年(明治43)鈴木梅太郎が、動物の発育に必要で、それが欠乏すると脚気(かっけ)になる有効成分を米ぬかから分離し、イネのラテン名oryzaからオリザニンと命名した。これはビタミン発見の第一号であったが、それとほとんど同時にフンクが同様の有効成分を分離してビタミンと命名し、これが世界的に通用するに至った。1911年に三共(現第一三共)株式会社より発売された。

[幸保文治]

『斎藤実正著『オリザニンの発見――鈴木梅太郎伝』(1977・共立出版)』

[参照項目] | 脚気 | | 三共 | 鈴木梅太郎 | チアミン | ビタミン | フンク

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