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Abstract
A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
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- Cyanocobalamin
- Vitamin B12
- B 12, Vitamin
- B12, Vitamin
- Cobalamin
- Cobalamins
- Eritron
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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therapeutic use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Vitamin B 12. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014805. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014805
- Vitamin B 12. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanocobalamin
- Vitamin B 12. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252251