vitamin B complex

vitamin B complex

n.

A group of water-soluble vitamins including thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, pyridoxine, folic acid, inositol, and vitamin B₁₂ and occurring chiefly in yeast, liver, eggs, and some vegetables. Also called B complex.

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vitamin B complex

Any of a group of water-soluble vitamins important for normal cell growth and metabolism. The vitamins of the vitamin B complex include thiamine (vitamin B₁), riboflavin (vitamin B₂), pyridoxine (vitamin B₆), cobalamin (vitamin B₁₂), pantothenic acid, niacin, biotin, and folic acid.

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vitamin B complex - originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins B complex, B vitamin, B-complex vitamin, vitamin B, B choline - a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat inositol - an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex pantothen, pantothenic acid - a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods water-soluble vitamin - any vitamin that is soluble in water aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin B1 - a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth antipernicious anemia factor, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12 - a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia hepatoflavin, lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G - a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss adermin, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 - a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch folacin, folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M - a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction niacin, nicotinic acid - a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract biotin, vitamin H - a B vitamin that aids in body growth