Vitamin B12 / Methylcobalamin
Helps to maintain healthy nerve
cells and red blood cells*.
Also needed to help make DNA,
the genetic material in all cells*.
Vitamin B12 is also called cobalamin,
the highest form being methylcobalamin.
* References
Herbert V. Vitamin B12 in Present Knowledge in Nutrition. 17th ed. Washington, D.C.: International Life Sciences Institute Press, 1996.
Herbert V and Das K. Vitamin B12 in Modern Nutrition in health and disease. 8th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1994.
Combs G. Vitamin B12 in The Vitamins. New York: Academic Press, Inc, 1992.
Zittoun J and Zittoun R. Modern clinical testing strategies in cobalamin and folate deficiency. Sem Hematol 1999;36:35-46. [PubMed abstract]
