A ƙarshe an ƙaddara mahaɗin da ya ɓace wanda ke haifar da Beriberi shine bitamin B1, thiamine.Chemist Casimir Funk ya taƙaita kalmar "amine mai mahimmanci" don ƙirƙirar sabuwar kalma, bitamin.Domin gudummawar da ya bayar ga gano bitamin antineuritic, Eijkman ya sami lambar yabo ta Nobel ta 1929 don Medicine, yana raba kyautar tare da Sir Frederick Funk Hopkins.Wataƙila ba daidai ba, ba a taɓa ba da cikakken daraja ga aikinsa.Tambaya: Me ya faru da mutumin da ya ƙirƙira Vitamin?
ya lashe lambar yabo ta Nobel a fannin magani a shekarar 1929