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What does pyridoxine mean?

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  1. (biochemistry) A derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch.
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Maize meal and wheat flour will be fortified with vitamin A, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, folic acid, iron and zinc.
The same researcher tested for, but did not find, a deficiency of thiamin or pyridoxine in cataract patients.
Folic acid, pyridoxine, and cobalamin are known to reduce homocysteine levels.
Patients who develop symptoms of peripheral neuropathy should be given pyridoxine along with H if they have not already been receiving it.
In the past, pyridoxine restriction was recommended for patients using levodopa, as pyridoxine facilitates the conversion of levodopa to dopamine outside the brain.
The B-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, pantothenic acid and biotin.

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