Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 is a group of water-soluble vitamins essential for metabolism and normal physiological functions. B6 vitamins, including pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine, are converted in vivo to pyridoxal phosphate, a cofactor necessary for the synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters, and sphingolipids. More than 100 enzymes involved in protein metabolism require vitamin B6 as a cofactor. Vitamin B6 is essential to red blood cell, nervous system, and immune systems functions and helps maintain normal blood glucose levels. Vitamin B6 is found in a wide variety of foods including cereals, beans, meat, poultry, fish, and some fruits and vegetables. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Vitamins. Its therapeutic use is listed as nutritional supplements. The directory classifies it as a commercial API with a synthetic source/manufacturing origin. Other names for this substance include Pyridoxine and Nestrex. Its PubChem CID is 104817.