B Vitamins
From Health Facts
Latest Edit: Iva 2011-12-23 (EDT)
B Vitamins refer to a group of water-soluble Vitamins that were once thought to be a single vitamin. B Vitamins play an important role in cell metabolism and are involved in many physiological processes. B Vitamins tend to coexist in the same foods, yet each B vitamin is chemically distinct with its own properties. The individual B Vitamins include:
- Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
- Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
- Vitamin B3 (niacin or niacinamide)
- Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
- Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine, or pyridoxine hydrochloride)
- Vitamin B7 (biotin)
- Vitamin B9 (folic acid)
- Vitamin B12 (various cobalamins; commonly cyanocobalamin in vitamin supplements)
