Vitamin B12

Details of Vitamin B12:

Other name: VB12, Cyanocobalamin

Specification: 1%, 98%

Appearance: Red crystal powder

CAS No.: 68-19-9

MF: C63H88CoN14O14P

Introduction of Vitamin B12:

Vitamin B12 is an especially common vitamer of the vitamin B12 family. It is the most famous vitamer of the family, because it is chemically the most air-stable, and it is the easiest to crystallize and therefore easiest to purify after it is produced by bacterial fermentation.

Vitamin B12 is necessary for the synthesis of red blood cells, the maintenance of the nervous system, and growth and development in children. Deficiency can cause anemia. 

Vitamin B12 can be found in foods such as meat, fish, and dairy products. It can also be made in a laboratory.

Application of Vitamin B12:

Vitamin B12 is used for treating and preventing vitamin B12 deficiency, a condition in which vitamin B12 levels in the blood are too low. It is also used to treat perniciousanemia, a serious type of anemia that is due to vitamin B12 deficiency and is found mostly in older people. For this purpose, people use either a supplement that is taken by mouth or a gel that is applied inside the nose.

Vitamin B12 is also used for memory loss; Alzheimer’s disease; boosting mood, energy, concentration and the immune system; and slowing aging. It is also used forheart disease, lowering high homocysteine levels (which may contribute to heartdisease), male infertility, diabetes, sleep disorders, depression, mental disorders, weak bones (osteoporosis), swollen tendons, AIDS, inflammatory bowel disease,asthma, allergies, a skin disease called vitiligo, preventing cervical and other cancers, and skin infections.

Some people use vitamin B12 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), multiple sclerosis, preventing the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Lyme disease and gum disease. It is also used for ringing in the ears, bleeding, liver and kidney disease, and for protection against the poisons and allergens in tobacco smoke.

Vitamin B12 is applied to the skin either alone or in combination with avocado oil forpsoriasis and eczema.

Vitamin B12 is frequently used in combination with other B vitamins in various vitamin B complex products.

Main functions of Vitamin B12:

1. Promote the formation and red blood cells regeneration, prevent anemia;

2. Maintenance nervous system health;

3. Promote children's growth, stomachic;

4. Eliminate irritability, focus your attention, improve memory and balance.