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Functions
- Needed for more than 100 enzymes involved in protein metabolism
- Involved in cellular growth
- Helps maintain the health of lymphoid organs(thymus, spleen,
and lymph nodes) that make white blood cells
- Essential for red blood cell metabolism(need to make hemoglobin)
- Helps increase the amount of oxygen carried by hemogloin
- Vitamin B6 deficiency results in a form
of amenia
- Nerves and immune systems need it to function efficiently
- Needed for the sinthesis of serotonin and dopamine
- Conversion of tryptophan to niacin
Also called pyridoxine
Recommended Dietary Allowance(Female in 20's, healty, non-pregnant)
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