Saturday, April 28, 2012

Many roles of Vit B

Thiamine - B1 - coversion of pyruvate to acetyle co A for Krebs - beri beri, wernicke's encephelopathy, korsakoff's psychosis

Riboflavin - B2 - FADH - Electron acceptor -

Nicotinic acid - B3 - NADH - Electron acceptor - pellagra

Pantethonic acid - B5 - Coenzyme A

Pyridoxine - B6 - Transamination and amino acid metabolism - - dermatitis

Folic acid - B9 - tetrahydrofolate for nucleic acid synthesis - macrocytic anemia

Vitamin B12 - Cofactor for several enzymes  - pernicious anemia

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