Preferred Name |
Vitamin B12
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Definition |
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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Synonyms & Abbreviations |
Cobalamin; Cobalamins; Eritron; Cyanocobalamin; B12, Vitamin; B 12, Vitamin; Vitamin B12
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ReferenceCode |
NCI Thesaurus Code: C64817
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ReferenceURL |
https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C64817
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Have |
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PMID |
14652294 18268110 19093214 19235037 22927849 19276452 17023722 23109170 16351504 16554345 17634273
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