Vitamin B12
Type: molecule Aliases: B12cobalaminmethylcobalamin
- Systems Analogy An essential vitamin needed to keep your nerves healthy and produce red blood cells.
- Formal Definition Cobalamin; a complex water-soluble vitamin synthesized exclusively by bacteria, acting as a coenzyme in methionine synthesis and myelin sheath maintenance.
Mentioned In
- Moleculehomocysteine
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Yoshii K, et al. Metabolism of Dietary and Microbial B Vitamins in the Regulation of Host Immunity. Front Nutr. 2019;6:48. ↗
"Vitamin B12 acts as an essential cofactor in host metabolic methylation reactions."