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Biotin vs Desthiobiotin - What's the difference?

biotin | desthiobiotin |

As nouns the difference between biotin and desthiobiotin

is that biotin is a sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems while desthiobiotin is a derivative of biotin that lacks a sulfur atom; it is a bacterial precursor of biotin.

biotin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (vitamin) A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.

    • Synonyms

    * * vitamin H

    desthiobiotin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A derivative of biotin that lacks a sulfur atom; it is a bacterial precursor of biotin