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FLUORESCENCE in ultra-violet light (screened by Wood's glass) is not a property of vitamin B1; but I have found that the purest preparations in our possession (method of Kinnersley, O'Brien and Peters, 19331) can be converted by oxidation in aqueous solution into substances showing an intense sky-blue fluorescence.
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PETERS, R. Vitamin B1 and Blue Fluorescent Compounds. Nature 135, 107 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135107b0
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