The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism. Historically, the B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin, referred to as vitamin B (much like how people refer to vitamin C or vitamin D). Later research showed that they are chemically distinct vitamins that often coexist in the same foods. Supplements containing all eight are generally referred to as a vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name of each vitamin (e.g. B 1 , B 2 , B 3 ). (more)
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Folic acid:
Folic acid and folate (the anion form) are forms of the water-soluble Vitamin B 9 . These occur naturally in food and can also be taken as supplements. Folate gets its name from the Latin word folium ("leaf").
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Thiamin:
Thiamin or thiamine, also known as vitamin B 1 and aneurine hydrochloride, is one of the B vitamins. It is colorless chemical compound with a chemical formula C 12 H 17 N 4 OS. It is soluble in water, methanol, and glycerol and practically insoluble
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Choline:
Choline is an organic compound, classified as a water-soluble essential nutrient and usually grouped within the Vitamin B complex. This natural amine is found in the lipids that make up cell membranes and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Adequa
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Pantothenic acid:
Pantothenic acid, also called vitamin B 5 (a B vitamin), is a water-soluble vitamin required to sustain life (essential nutrient). Pantothenic acid is needed to form coenzyme-A (CoA), and is critical in the metabolism and synthesis of carbohydrates,
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Orotic acid:
Orotic acid is a heterocyclic compound and an acid; it is also known as pyrimidinecarboxylic acid. Historically it was believed to be part of the Vitamin B complex and was called vitamin B13, but it is now known that it is not a vitamin. The compound
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Nicotinamide:
Nicotinamide, also known as niacinamide and nicotinic acid amide, is the amide of nicotinic acid (vitamin B 3 ). Nicotinamide is a water-soluble vitamin and is part of the vitamin B group. Nicotinic acid, also known as niacin, is converted to niacina
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Riboflavin:
Riboflavin (E101), also known as vitamin B 2 , is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. It is the central component of the cofactors FAD and FMN, and is therefore required by all flavoproteins.
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Brewer's yeast:
Brewer's yeast (also known as brewers yeast or brewing yeast) can mean any live yeast used in brewing. It can also mean yeast obtained as a by-product of brewing, dried and killed, and used as a dietary supplement for its B vitamin content.
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Nutritional yeast:
Nutritional yeast, similar to brewer's yeast, is a nutritional supplement popular with vegans and the health conscious, who use it as an ingredient in recipes or simply as a condiment. It is a deactivated yeast, usually Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It i
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Beer:
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of sugars derived from starch-based material. It is the world's oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. Some of the earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of bee
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