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Vitamin B 12
Cobalamin | Cyanocobalamin | Cobalamins | Eritron | Vitamin B12 | B 12, Vitamin | B12, Vitamin
A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. |
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