cobalamin

vitamin-B12

An essential nutrient and natural water-soluble vitamin of the B-complex family that must combine with an intrinsic factor for absorption by the intestine, Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) is necessary for hematopoiesis, neural metabolism, DNA and RNA production, and carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. B12 improves iron functions in the metabolic cycle and assists folic acid in choline synthesis. B12 metabolism is interconnected with that of folic acid. Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, megaloblastic anemia, and neurologic lesions. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C939" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C939" NCI Thesaurus)

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000530928

vitamin-B12

vitamin B12

vit B12

vitamin B-12

cobalamin (1+)

B12 vitamin

13408-78-1

C0086024

2007-01-19

2017-12-15

An essential nutrient and natural water-soluble vitamin of the B-complex family that must combine with an intrinsic factor for absorption by the intestine, Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) is necessary for hematopoiesis, neural metabolism, DNA and RNA production, and carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. B12 improves iron functions in the metabolic cycle and assists folic acid in choline synthesis. B12 metabolism is interconnected with that of folic acid. Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, megaloblastic anemia, and neurologic lesions. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C939" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C939" NCI Thesaurus)

C939

CDR0000530928

Drug/agent

cobalamin

T127

T114