Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism. It is one of eight B vitamins. It is required by animals, which...
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Vitamin B12 deficiency, also known as cobalamin deficiency, is the medical condition in which the blood and tissue have a lower than normal level of vitamin...
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measuring the B12 content does not measure the B12 directly. Instead, it measures a bacterial response to the food. Chemical variants of the B12 vitamin found...
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Pernicious anemia (redirect from Vitamin B12 deficient anemia)
where not enough red blood cells are produced due to a deficiency of vitamin B12. Those affected often have a gradual onset. The most common initial symptoms...
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folates) Vitamin B12 (cobalamins) Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and ascorbates) Vitamin D (calciferols) Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) Vitamin K (phylloquinones...
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Vitamin fortification programs exist in one or more countries for folate, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin D...
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Methylcobalamin (redirect from Methyl-B12)
Methylcobalamin (mecobalamin, MeCbl, or MeB12) is a cobalamin, a form of vitamin B12. It differs from cyanocobalamin in that the cyano group at the cobalt...
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cells (in rodents) of the stomach. It is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 later on in the distal ileum of the small intestine. In humans, the gastric...
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methylmalonic acidemias. Methylmalonyl-CoA requires vitamin B12 to form succinyl-CoA. When the amount of B12 is insufficient for the conversion of cofactor...
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The total synthesis of the complex biomolecule vitamin B12 was accomplished in two different approaches by the collaborating research groups of Robert...
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Hydroxocobalamin (redirect from Acti-B12)
as vitamin B12a and hydroxycobalamin, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. As a supplement it is used to treat vitamin B12 deficiency...
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Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. B12...
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Serum vitamin B12 is a medical laboratory test that measure vitamin B12 only in the blood binding to both transcobalamins. Most of the time, 80–94% of...
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Zinc Growth retardation Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Beriberi Niacin (Vitamin B3) Pellagra Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, and irreversible...
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Cyanocobalamin (redirect from Coenzyme B12)
1971). "[205] Preparation of the reduced forms of vitamin B12 and of some analogs of the vitamin B12 coenzyme containing a cobalt-carbon bond". In McCormick...
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Zhang D (April 2021). "Associations of dietary vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 with the risk of depression: a systematic review...
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Vegan nutrition (section Vitamin B12)
acids, vitamin D, calcium, zinc, and vitamin B12. Researchers agree that those on a vegan diet should take a vitamin B12 dietary supplement. The American...
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Dietary supplement (redirect from Vitamin pill)
(B7), Folate (B9) and Vitamin B12. Vitamin intake below recommended amounts can result in signs and symptoms associated with vitamin deficiency. There is...
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the spinal cord as a result of vitamin B12 deficiency (most common). It may also occur similarly as result of vitamin E deficiency, and copper deficiency...
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Cobalamin biosynthesis (redirect from Vitamin B12 biosynthesis)
biosynthesis is the process by which bacteria and archea make cobalamin, vitamin B12. Many steps are involved in converting aminolevulinic acid via uroporphyrinogen...
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Adenosylcobalamin (redirect from Coenzyme b12)
(AdoCbl), also known as coenzyme B12, cobamamide, and dibencozide, is one of the biologically active forms of vitamin B12. Adenosylcobalamin participates...
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In enzymology, a vitamin B12-transporting ATPase (EC 3.6.3.33) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + H2O + vitamin B12out ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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Vegetarian nutrition (section Vitamin B12)
childhood, and adolescence. However, vegetarian diets deficient in vitamin B12 or calories may compromise children's health and development. The UK...
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Schilling test (category Vitamin B12)
for patients with vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency. The purpose of the test was to determine how well a patient is able to absorb B12 from their intestinal...
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of some B-complex vitamins and contains trace amounts of several other vitamins and minerals. It may be fortified with vitamin B12. Nutritional yeast...
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Metanx (category B vitamins)
Metafolin, a calcium salt of vitamin B9), methylcobalamin (vitamin B12) and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (vitamin B6). It is a vitamin B supplement. Metanx is indicated...
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British company Unilever. Marmite is a vegan source of B vitamins, including supplemental vitamin B12. A traditional method of use is to spread it very thinly...
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commonly fortified with protein and micronutrients, such as vitamin B12, calcium, iron, or vitamin D. The exact origin of rice milk is uncertain. In 1914,...
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In molecular biology, the vitamin B12-binding domain is a protein domain which binds to cobalamin (vitamin B12). It can bind two different forms of the...
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Anti-ulcer agents (section Vitamin B12)
triamcinolone, a corticosteroid. Other anti-ulcer supplements include vitamin B2 and vitamin B12. Antibiotics and agents to reduce gastric acid secretion are used...
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