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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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PMID |
14652294
18268110
19093214
19235037
22927849
19276452
17023722
23109170
16351504
16554345
17634273
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