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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
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Subject: Re: B Vitamin Info wanted
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 13:53:00 EDT
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> This is a request to help save me a lot of digging.  Generally I refer to
> Vitamins by their chemical name, as the pattern in most texts, so I was
> wondering if someone could help me complete the following chart.
> 
> B1 = Thiamine
> B2 = Riboflavin
> B6 = Pyridoxine and related compounds
> B12 = Cyanocobalamin
> 
> That leaves 3,4,5,7,8,9,10, and 11 free.
> 
> It also leaves Niacin, Pantothenate, and (I believe) Folate as B Vitamins
> without assignment.

	I don't know why you want this, since I don't believe there is much
clinical use of other than B1, B2, B6, and B12, but here goes:

B1	Thiamine Hydrochloride (one of several thiamine salts)
B2	Riboflavine (a/k/a Vitamin G)
B3	Nicotinamide (a/k/a Vitamin PP)
B4	Adenine
B5	Pantothenic Acid (has also been referred to as Nicotinamide in lit.)
B6	Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
B7 - B9	1,2,3-BTHOM (Beats The Hell Outta Me)
B10	Unidentified composition according to "The Merck Index, 9th Ed."
B11	Unidentified composition according to "The Merck Index, 9th Ed."
B12	Cyanocobalamin
B12a	Hydroxocobalamin
B12b	Aquocobalamin
B12c	Nitrosocobalamin
B12p	Etiocobalamin
B12r	A somewhat unstable reduction product of Cyanocobalamin
B12s	Hydridocobalamin
B13	Orotic Acid
B15	Pangamic Acid
Bc	Folic Acid (a/k/a Vitamin M)
Bt	l-Carnitine
Bx	p-Aminobenzoic Acid

Niacin (Nicotinic Acid) is not a B vitamin.

	Don't ask if there is any rhyme or reason to the naming of vitamins...

	Larry Lippman
	Recognition Research Corp.
	Clarence, New York
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