Candeias
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I was scouring the forum and scientific sites about HIV and found a very interesting study (to add to those @haidut has already posted)
I also noticed that there is a pharmaceutical product associated with the name 'Neurobion' that uses thiamin disulfide (and other Bs) to treat various conditions (also side effects of alcoholism) that seem to me very related to endotoxin.
Now, apart, what is the amount of thiamine sulfide (and half-life) to provide this concentration (500-1000 microM)? @haidut
"Thiol and disulfide compounds were tested as an anti-HIV drug against transactivator (Tat)-mediated transactivation of HIV-1. Of all the compounds tested, thiamine disulfide, alpha-lipoic acid, and N-acetycysteine significantly depressed HIV-1 Tat activity. Thiamine disulfide alone in these compounds possessing anti-HIV-Tat activity markedly inhibited production of progeny HIV-1 in acute and chronic HIV-1-infected CEM at nontoxic concentrations of 500-1000 microM. Thiamine disulfide (500 microM) blocked 99.7% of HIV-1 production after 96 hr culture in acute HIV-1 (LAV-1) infection (m.o.i. = 0.002), whereas it inhibited 90-98% of HIV-1 production in chronic-infected cells (CEM/LAV-1, H9/MN, and Molt-4/IIIB). The results suggest that thiamine disulfide may be important for AIDS chemotherapy."
I also noticed that there is a pharmaceutical product associated with the name 'Neurobion' that uses thiamin disulfide (and other Bs) to treat various conditions (also side effects of alcoholism) that seem to me very related to endotoxin.
Now, apart, what is the amount of thiamine sulfide (and half-life) to provide this concentration (500-1000 microM)? @haidut