B-Complex Vitamins Sources, Intakes and Novel Applications

LEBLANC, JEAN GUY

InTechOpen

Año: 2022 p. 258

978-1-83969-797-5

Although B-complex vitamins have been extensively studied, novel sources,updated intake values and chemical compositions, and their role in numerousdiseases are still being discovered. The objective of this book is to provide the mostup-to-date information on the effects of vitamin B deficiency from retrospective,perspective and prospective points of view. Specific chapters have been writtento describe as well as the roles of niacin (vitamin B3), pyridoxine (vitamin B6),folate (vitamin B9), and vitamin B12 in numerous disorders. The book also presentsnovel applications of B-complex vitamins, such as thiamin in patients with criticalconditions, dietary supplements in the prevention of renal stones, and treatmentof COVID-19.This book project contains twelve chapters dealing with different aspects ofB-complex vitamins including their sources, intakes and novel applications.This multi-topic book is divided into two sections. The first section comprisesnine different chapters discussing sources, intakes and deficiencies of B-complexvitamins while the second section consists of three chapters discussing the novelapplications of B-complex vitamins.