Description
Camden Medicals Vitamin B12 Methylcobalamin 1mg 120 Capsules
About the ingredients
Methylcobalamin (active vitamin B12)
Methylcobalamin is the bioactive coenzyme form of vitamin B12 used in the cytoplasm for methionine synthase — the enzyme that recycles homocysteine to methionine in the methylation cycle. It is often marketed as the form that needs no conversion, but supplemental methylcobalamin undergoes the same intracellular processing as cyanocobalamin and, on current evidence, is unlikely to be advantageous over it. It is one of two bioactive coenzyme forms (the other is adenosylcobalamin, used in mitochondria); both are produced from dietary B12 in healthy adults with intact intrinsic-factor absorption. Vitamin B12 (the molecule) carries multiple authorised UK food-supplement health claims at ≥0.375 µg per serving — Camden NB-551 supplies 1000 µg. Read more in the encyclopaedia
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble B vitamin found almost exclusively in animal foods. The body uses it for red-blood-cell formation, normal nervous-system function, and energy metabolism. UK NHS reference intake is 1.5 µg/day for adults — small amounts, but absorption is intricate. Vegans, older adults with reduced stomach-acid production, and people on long-term metformin or proton-pump inhibitors are the populations most at risk of low levels. Read more in the encyclopaedia
