VITAMIN B6

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vitamin B6 mean? 

• VITAMIN B6 (noun)
  The noun VITAMIN B6 has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch

  Familiarity information: VITAMIN B6 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAMIN B6 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adermin; pyridoxal; pyridoxamine; pyridoxine; vitamin B6

Hypernyms ("vitamin B6" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

 Context examples 

Isoniazid also interferes with mycobacterial metabolism of vitamin B6.

(Isoniazid, NCI Thesaurus)

B vitamins include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin (nicotinic acid), niacinamide (nicotinamide), the vitamin B6 group (including pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, and possibly para-aminobenzoic.

(B Vitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Nutritional supplement drink (pediatric) contains vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.

(Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)

Nutritional supplement drink contains vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E and K, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, chloride and choline.

(Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)

Other ingredients in green tea extract-based antioxidant supplement include dry cinnamon extract, germanium, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, arginine, cysteine, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), glycyrrhizinic acid, glycine, glucosamine, pyridoxal (vitamin B6), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).

(Green Tea Extract-based Antioxidant Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)