Vitamin B 12
"Vitamin B 12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
| Descriptor ID |
D014805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.578.840.437.777 D03.549.909.437.777 D04.345.783.437.777
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin B 12- Vitamin B 12
- B 12, Vitamin
- Vitamin B12
- B12, Vitamin
- Cyanocobalamin
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin B 12" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Le NT, Pham YT, Lu YT, Le LT, Huynh NYN, Dao HV, Nguyen DD, Demanelis K, Ha TH, Kuchipudi SV, Luu HN. Vitamin B12 Intake and Cancer Risk: Findings from a Case-Control Study in Vietnam. Nutr Cancer. 2025; 77(2):252-264.
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Luu HN, Wang R, Jin A, Koh WP, Yuan JM. The association between dietary vitamin B12 and lung cancer risk: findings from a prospective cohort study. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2021 05 01; 30(3):275-281.