See Also: Pyridoxine(medicine)
Pyridoxine hcl(health)
Pyridoxine(health)
pyridoxine(dictionary)
pyridoxine 4-dehydrogenase(medicine)
pyridoxine deficiency(medicine)
pyridoxine dependency with seizure(medicine)
pyridoxine phosphate phosphatase(medicine)
familial pyridoxine-responsive anaemia(medicine)

pyridoxine (iou)



pyridoxine noun. M20.
[from PYRIDINE with inserted OX-.]
Biochemistry. One of the three common forms of vitamin B6, a colourless weakly basic solid present esp. in cereals, liver oils, and yeast, and also prepared synthetically, which is important in the metabolism of unsaturated fatty acids; 3-hydroxy-4,5-di(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridine, C8H11NO3.
pyridoxal noun an oxidized derivative of vitamin B6 which is a coenzyme in transamination and other processes M20.
pyridoxamine noun a derivative of vitamin B6 which is a co-enzyme in protein metabolism M20.
pyridoxic adjective:
pyridoxic acid, an inactive oxidized derivative of pyridoxine which is the form in which excess vitamin B6 is usu. excreted M20.
pyridoxol noun = PYRIDOXINE M20.