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Vitamin b12 Cyanocobalamin

Product name:Vitamin B12
CAS:68-19-9
Formula:C63H88CoN14O14P
Mol. wt.:1355.38
Appearance:Dark red crystalline or crystalline powder
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Product name: Vitamin B12
CAS: 68-19-9 
Formula: C63H88CoN14O14P
Mol. wt.: 1355.38
Appearance:  Dark red crystalline or crystalline powder
Specification: 99%
Package: 25KG/Drum
Storage:  Stored in a closed,cool,dry area
Shelf life: Two years

1. Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. The term vitamin B12 includes the free vitamin (cyanocobalamin)
and two coenzymes methylcobalamin and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin.

2. Vitamin B12 is released from dietary proteins by pepsin and HCl in the stomach. Unlike other water-soluble
vitamins, vitamin B12 is stored in the human body. The body stores between 5 and 12 mg of vitamin B12,
primarily in the liver and kidneys, and excesses are excreted by way of kidney or in bile.

3. Vitamin B12 is essential for two types of enzymatic reactions in humans; 

4. Vitamin B12 deficiencies manifest primarily as anemia and neurologic changes, although a deficiency of
this vitamin inhibits DNA synthesis, which affects growth and repair of all cells. Pernicious anemia is a form
of megaloblastic anemia caused by either inadequate vitamin

5. B12 intake or reduced gastric secretion of intrinsic factor, which inhibits absorption.Neurologic changes due
to vitamin B12 deficiency can occur in the absence of any hematologic abnormalities. Depending on the
duration of symptoms, neurologic complications of vitamin B12 deficiency may or may not be reversible
following treatment.


Vitamin B12 could be widely used in food and feed and pharmaceutics industry

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