vitamin B

Also known as B vitamin, vitamin B complex, Neurobion, B Vitamins

group of vitamins

AI overview

Vitamin B is a group of vitamins that your body needs to function properly. These vitamins help with energy production and other important processes that keep you healthy.

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Research

174,374 papers

Vitamin B-6.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2015Stover PJ, Field MSDOI: 10.3945/an.113.005207
Vitamin B biosynthesis in plants.ReviewPhytochemistry · 2007Roje SDOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.03.038
Vitamin B complex.Indian journal of medical sciences · 1958BANERJI LK
B Vitamins: Small molecules, big effects.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2019Rahman S, Baumgartner MDOI: 10.1002/jimd.12127
[Hydroxocobalamin].ReviewChudoku kenkyu : Chudoku Kenkyukai jun kikanshi = The Japanese journal of toxicology · 2014Kondo R
Cobamides.Current biology : CB · 2020Kennedy KJ, Taga MEDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.049
Ocular disorders: Vitamin B(3) blocks glaucoma.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2017Crunkhorn SDOI: 10.1038/nrd.2017.51
Vitamin B complex. Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid (folacin), vitamin B12, biotin.ReviewProgress in food & nutrition science · 1975Goldsmith GA

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Encyclopedic overview

B vitamins are a class of water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism and synthesis of red blood cells. They are a chemically diverse class of compounds.

Dietary supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamins are referred to by B-number or by chemical name, such as B1 for thiamine, B2 for riboflavin, and B3 for niacin, while some are more commonly recognized by name than by number, such as pantothenic acid (B5), biotin (B7), and folate (B9). B vitamins are present in protein-rich foods, such as fish, poultry, meat, dairy products, and eggs; they are also found in leafy green vegetables, beans, and peas. Fortified foods, such as breakfast cereals, baked products, and infant formulas, may contain B vitamins.

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