Vitamin B6
| Vitamin B6 | |
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| Term | Vitamin B6 |
| Short definition | Vitamin B6 - (pronounced) (VY-tuh-min…) nutrient in the vitamin B complex that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy. Vitamin B6 helps keep nerves and skin healthy, fights infections, keeps blood sugar levels normal, produces red blood cells, and allows some enzymes to work properly. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Vitamin B6 - (pronounced) (VY-tuh-min…) nutrient in the vitamin B complex that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy. Vitamin B6 helps keep nerves and skin healthy, fights infections, keeps blood sugar levels normal, produces red blood cells, and allows some enzymes to work properly. Vitamin B6 is a group of related compounds (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine) found in grains, beans, peas, nuts, meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and bananas. It is water soluble (can dissolve in water). Too little vitamin B6 can cause mouth and tongue infections as well as nervous disorders. Vitamin B6 is being studied for the prevention of hand-foot syndrome (a disorder caused by certain anticancer drugs and characterized by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet). Also called pyridoxine
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