Image B vitamin supplement tablets.jpg thumb B vitamin supplement tablets B vitamins are a group of water soluble vitamin s that play important roles in Cell biology cell metabolism . The B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin, referred to as vitamin B much as people refer to vitamin C or vitamin D . Later research showed that they are chemical ly distinct vitamins that often coexist in the same foods. In general, supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B complex . Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name of each vitamin e.g., B sub 1 sub , B sub 2 sub , B sub 3 sub etc. . List of B vitamins Vitamin B sub 1 sub thiamine Vitamin B sub 2 sub riboflavin Vitamin B sub 3 sub niacin or niacinamide Vitamin B sub 5 sub pantothenic acid Vitamin B sub 6 sub pyridoxine , pyridoxal , or pyridoxamine , or pyridoxine hydrochloride Vitamin B sub 7 sub biotin Vitamin B sub 9 sub folic acid Vitamin B sub 12 sub various cobalamin s commonly cyanocobalamin in vitamin supplements Health benefits The B vitamins are necessary to Support and increase the rate of metabolism citation needed date September 2011 Maintain healthy skin, hair and muscle tone citation needed date January 2012 Enhance immune system immune and nervous system function citation needed date January 2012 Promote cell growth and cell division division , including that of the red blood cell s that help prevent anemia Reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer one of the most lethal forms of cancer ref cite web url http www.pancreatica.org title Confronting Pancreatic Cancer accessdate 2008 02 08 ref when consumed in food, but not when ingested in vitamin tablet form. ref cite journal url http cancerres.aacrjournals.org cgi content abstract 67 11 5553 title Plasma Folate, Vitamin B sub 6 sub , Vitamin B sub 12 sub , and Homocysteine and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Four Large Cohorts author Schernhammer, E., et al. journal Cancer Research journal Cancer Research volum ... more details
For other categories, see List of MeSH codes . This is the fourth part of the list of the D codes for MeSH . It is a product of the United States National Library of Medicine . Source for content is http www.nlm.nih.gov mesh filelist.html here . File 2006 MeSH Trees . MeshNumber D08 Enzymes and Coenzymes enzymes and coenzymes MeshNumber D08.211 Coenzymes coenzymes MeshNumber D08.211.090 Biopterin biopterin MeshNumber D08.211.090.500 Neopterin neopterin MeshNumber D08.211.096 Biotin biotin MeshNumber D08.211.175 Cobamides cobamides MeshNumber D08.211.211 Coenzyme A coenzyme a MeshNumber D08.211.211.300 Acyl Coenzyme A acyl coenzyme a MeshNumber D08.211.211.300.075 Acetyl Coenzyme A acetyl coenzyme a MeshNumber D08.211.211.300.500 Malonyl Coenzyme A malonyl coenzyme a MeshNumber D08.211.211.300.700 Palmitoyl Coenzyme A palmitoyl coenzyme a MeshNumber D08.211.474 Flavins flavins MeshNumber D08.211.474.650 Riboflavin riboflavin MeshNumber D08.211.474.650.249 Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide flavin adenine dinucleotide MeshNumber D08.211.474.650.500 Flavin Mononucleotide flavin mononucleotide MeshNumber D08.211.589 NAD nad MeshNumber D08.211.625 NADP nadp MeshNumber D08.211.682 PQQ Cofactor pqq cofactor MeshNumber D08.211.740 Pyridoxal Phosphate pyridoxal phosphate MeshNumber D08.211.790 Sphingolipid Activator Proteins sphingolipid activator proteins MeshNumber D08.211.790.249 G M2 Activator Protein g m2 activator protein MeshNumber D08.211.790.500 Saposins saposins MeshNumber D08.211.840 Tetrahydrofolates tetrahydrofolates MeshNumber D08.211.840.300 Formyltetrahydrofolates formyltetrahydrofolates MeshNumber D08.211.840.300.500 Leucovorin leucovorin MeshNumber D08.211.878 Thiamine Pyrophosphate thiamine pyrophosphate MeshNumber D08.211.906 Thioctic Acid thioctic acid MeshNumber D08.211.935 Ubiquinone ubiquinone MeshNumber D08.244 Cytochromes cytochromes MeshNumber D08.244.175 Cytochrome a Group cytochrome a group MeshNumber D08.244.175.249 Cytochromes a cytochromes a MeshNumb ... more details
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