Photo Credit Iromaya Images/Iromaya/Getty Images. Thiamine, also known as vitamin B-1, is one of the B vitamins. Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning it washes out of your body in urine, and isn't stored in fat cells like some other vitamins.You need to replenish levels of thiamine regularly, by eating foods rich in this vitamin, or through supplements.Thiamine plays an important role in several bodily functions.igestion. Thiamine helps you take advantage of vitamins and minerals in foods you eat. Photo Credit Hongqi Zhang/iStock/Getty Images. When you eat, food travels down the esophagus to the stomach, where hydrochloric acid digests the food so your body can use nutrients from it.
The adipocytes of white adipose tissue secrete several hormones, including leptin and adiponectin. In addition to serving as a major source of energy reserves, white adipose tissue also provides some mechanical protection and insulation to the body.rown adipose tissue is present in small mammals (e.g., mice) and in newborn humans. Most of it disappears in adult humans. The cells in both types of fat are called adipocytes although they differ in origin, structure, and function in the two types of tissue.
Secretion In glands, epithelial tissue is specialised to secrete specific chemical substances such as enzymes, hormones and lubricating fluids. Absorption Certain epithelial cells lining the small intestine absorb nutrients from the digestion of food.