Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Re: B Vitamin Info wanted Message-ID: <238@kitty.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 13:03:12 EDT Article-I.D.: kitty.238 Posted: Mon Aug 5 13:03:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 04:16:35 EDT References: <1820@aecom.UUCP> <1075@cbdkc1.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 40 > >This is a request to help save me a lot of digging. Generally I refer to > >Vitamins by their chemical name, as the pattern in most texts, so I was > >wondering if someone could help me complete the following chart. > > > >B1 = Thiamine > >B2 = Riboflavin > >B6 = Pyridoxine and related compounds > >B12 = Cyanocobalamin > > > >That leaves 3,4,5,7,8,9,10, and 11 free. > > > >It also leaves Niacin, Pantothenate, and (I believe) Folate as B Vitamins > >without assignment. > > From the book "The Vitamin & Health Encyclopedia" by Jack Richardson: > > B3 = Niacin > ... > B17 = Laetrile I hate to nitpick, but where I come from nicotinamide is Vitamin B3, and niacin is simply a colloquial name for nicotinic acid. Also, Laetrile has been unfortunately referred to as ``Vitamin B-17'' in some literature - which is most misleading. Note, however, that it is literally ``B-17'' and not ``B'' subscript ``17'' which is the form that all of the genuine B vitamins are written in. The current 9th edition of "The Merck Index" agrees with me. I could flame about how these 'consumer' oriented health books distort the chemical and biological facts - but I won't today... Larry Lippman Recognition Research Corp. Clarence, New York UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry {rice,shell}!baylor!kitty!larry syr!buf!kitty!larry VOICE 716/741-9185 TELEX {via WUI} 69-71461 answerback: ELGECOMCLR "Have you hugged your cat today?"