Vitamin Supplements

There are still more vitamins in the list which come under the heading of the B complex. The numbers cease to make sense after B2 and many have been changed or deleted since their discovery. Pantothenic acid is sometimes referred to as B5 and sometimes as B3 though neither term is strictly correct. Generally speaking the title B5 appears to be used when the vitamin is incorporated in animal feedstuffs and cosmetic preparations, but the proper designation of pantothenic acid should always be used in matters relating to human nutrition. Read the rest of this entry »

During the formation of niacin from tryptophan yet another vitamin is needed and again it acts as a coenzyme. This is vitamin B6 and it is given the name pyridoxine. Of all the vitamins this is probably the greatest worker and it takes part in over sixty different metabolic reactions.

As we saw in the descriptions of NAD and FAD many coenzymes are involved in the transference of single atoms from one substance to another. Many reactions in the body require a greater change to take place and whole groups of atoms may be transferred between molecules. Read the rest of this entry »