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Vitamin B 12 cannot be produced by the human body, and must be obtained from the diet. [2] The body normally gets enough vitamin B 12 from the consumption of foods from animal sources. [2] Inadequate dietary intake of animal products such as eggs, meat, milk, fish, fowl (and some types of edible algae) can result in a deficiency state. [135]
"B12" and "Cbl" redirect here. For other uses of B12, see B12 (disambiguation). For the musical group, see Carbon Based Lifeforms. Pharmaceutical compound Vitamin B12 General skeletal formula of cobalamins Stick model of cyanocobalamin (R = CN) based on the crystal structure Clinical data Other names Vitamin B12, vitamin B-12, cobalamin AHFS / Drugs.com Monograph MedlinePlus a605007 License ...
Eating a diet devoid of any animal products, fortified plant-based products, or supplements is one of the ways you can deplete your body of B12, but there are other reasons your body may not get ...
Serum vitamin B 12 is a medical laboratory test that measure vitamin B 12 only in the blood binding to both transcobalamins. [1] Most of the time, 80–94% of vitamin B 12 in the blood binds to haptocorrin, while only 6–20% is binds to transcobalamin ll. [2] Only transcobalamin ll is "active" and can be used by the body. [1]
Adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), also known as coenzyme B 12, cobamamide, and dibencozide, is one of the biologically active forms of vitamin B 12. [1] Schematic diagram of the propionate metabolic pathway.
Hydroxocobalamin, or another form of vitamin B 12, are required for the body to make DNA. [7] Hydroxocobalamin was first isolated in 1949. [9] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [10] Hydroxocobalamin is available as a generic medication. [2] Commercially it is made using one of a number of types of bacteria. [11]
This became part of the standard management of pernicious anemia until the 1950s. The active ingredient in the liver remained unknown until 1948. [72] The anti-pernicious anemia factor was only isolated from the liver by Smith, Rex, and others. The substance was cobalamin, which the discoverers called "vitamin B 12 ". [71]
Castle (gastric) factors, named after the American physician and physiologist W. B. Castle, are biologically active chemical compounds which stimulate haematopoiesis (formation of blood cellular components). There are two distinct factors: Extrinsic factor, much more commonly known as vitamin B 12