A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014805
altLabel
B12, Vitamin
B 12, Vitamin
Cobalamins
Cobalamin
Eritron
Cyanocobalamin
Vitamin B12
AN
therapeutic use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
AQL
AA AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0701064
C0042845
C0086024
DC
1
definition
A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
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