Natural Medicines Newsletter

Volume 2, Issue 24, 06/15/2010

Question

What other factors are necessary for the efficient absorption of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in the gastrointestinal tract other than intrinsic factor?

Answer

Vitamin B12 is a well known water soluble vitamin necessary for a number of metabolic reactions and prevention of certain medical complications, most commonly hematopoietic disorders and spinal cord related neuropathies (additional details to these disorders will be summarized in future publications).(1,2)  Vitamin B12 is also known as cobalamin or cyanocobalamin (the form found in most over the counter supplements).(1)  It gets its name in part due to its chemical structure since it contains... 

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