"Vitamin B 6" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
VITAMIN B 6 refers to several PICOLINES (especially PYRIDOXINE; PYRIDOXAL; & PYRIDOXAMINE) that are efficiently converted by the body to PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE which is a coenzyme for synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine), sphingolipids, and aminolevulinic acid. During transamination of amino acids, pyridoxal phosphate is transiently converted into PYRIDOXAMINE phosphate. Although pyridoxine and Vitamin B 6 are still frequently used as synonyms, especially by medical researchers, this practice is erroneous and sometimes misleading (EE Snell; Ann NY Acad Sci, vol 585 pg 1, 1990). Most of vitamin B6 is eventually degraded to PYRIDOXIC ACID and excreted in the urine.
| Descriptor ID |
D025101
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.676.925
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Vitamin B 6".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Vitamin B 6".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vitamin B 6" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vitamin B 6" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin B 6" by people in Profiles.
-
Intake of niacin, folate, vitamin B-6, and vitamin B-12 through young adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Oct; 106(4):1032-1040.
-
Gene-diet-interactions in folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism modify colon cancer risk. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Apr; 57(4):721-34.
-
Folate intake and incidence of hypertension among American young adults: a 20-y follow-up study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 May; 95(5):1023-30.
-
Nutrients in folate-mediated, one-carbon metabolism and the risk of rectal tumors in men and women. Nutr Cancer. 2011; 63(3):357-66.
-
Dietary intake of folate and co-factors in folate metabolism, MTHFR polymorphisms, and reduced rectal cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Mar; 18(2):153-63.