| Chemistry name: | vitamin B6; 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethylol-2-methylpyridine |
| M Formula: | CH3C5HN(OH)(CH2OH)2 |
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| (Food) Vegetable fats, whole grain cereals, legumes, yeast, muscle meats, liver and fish. (Commercial) Synthetic pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine are produced by a complex series of reactions from isoquinoline. Amounts are expressed in micrograms. | |
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| Medicine, nutrition (available as pyridoxine hydrochloride). | |