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Vitamin B6
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Vitamin B6 What is Vitamin B6?
Vitamin B6 is also known as pyridoxine, pyridoxamine and pyridoxal.
Unlike other types of vitamin B complex, vitamin B6 does not directly participate in production of energy or is not involved in making nucleic acid.
However, as an important substance for protein metabolism, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) performs the function of coenxyme in more than 100 effect reactions.
In addition, even though vitamin B6 is soluble, the considerable amount is combined with glycogen phosphorylase in the muscles. Therefore, most of vitamin B6 exists in muscles, while the very small amount exists in liver and plasma.
In many cases, people today suffer from the deficiency of vitamin B6 due to irregular schedule and food with much carbohydrate. Therefore, it requires for the intake of supplements.
ㅣSunflower seed, source of supply of vitamin B6
Effect of vitamin B6 1. Premenstural syndrome improvement With its excellent effect of nerve stability, vitamin B6 is good for women with severe premenstural syndrome. 2. Heart disease prevention Vitamin B6 protects heart by lowering homocysteine that damages the coronary arteries, promotes the production of thrombus and finally blocks off arteries. 3. Colorectal cancer prevention The results of 13 cases of researches from 2002 to 2009 in Europe and Asia, indicated that the increase in the intake of vitamin B6 and pyridoxal-phosphate content in blood resulted in the risk of occurrence of colorectal cancer. In addition, compared to vitamin B6 supplements, the intake of high intake of vitamin B6 led to the reduction in the risk of colorectal/rectal cancer by 21%. 4. Relieved morning sickness Vitamin B6 helps smooth metabolism of tryptophan, to inhibit the production of causal substance of morning sickness and relieve the symptoms. 5. Skin care Vitamin B6 breaks down fats (lipolysis), which relieves seborrheic dermatitisor pimple due to excess lipid and effective in bringing back the healthy skin. 6. Stomatitis prevention Vitamin B6 is generally involved in strengthening mucous membranes. Therefore, the intake of vitamin B6 strengthens mucous membranes and prevents/improves stomatitis. 7. Stress relieving Vitamin B6 is an essential nutrient to activate serotonin hormone necessary for relieving stress. The lack of serotonin hormone leads to the breakdown of balanced central nervous system that accompanies depression, overeating or disordered eating. Related Articles
1. Vitamin B(6) supplementation improves pro-inflammatory responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (Huang SC1, Wei JC, Wu DJ, Huang YC. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Sep;64(9):1007-13.) : Vitamin B(6) supplementation improves pro-inflammatory responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Vitamin B6 treatment for tardive dyskinesia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. (Lerner V1, Miodownik C, Kaptsan A, Bersudsky Y, Libov I, Sela BA, Witztum E. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Nov;68(11):1648-54.) : Vitamin B6 treatment was found to have effect on reducing tardive dyskinesia 3. Role of bromocriptine and pyridoxine in premenstrual tension syndrome. (Sharma P1, Kulshreshtha S, Singh GM, Bhagoliwal A. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 200) : Vitamin B6 treatment is effective on premenstrual tension syndrome.
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