The intestine plays a substantial role in human vitamin B6 metabolism: a Caco-2 cell model.

The intestine plays a substantial role in human vitamin B6 metabolism: a Caco-2 cell model.

BACKGROUND: Vitamin B6 is present in various forms (vitamers) in the diet that need to be metabolized to pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), the active cofactor form of vitamin B6. In literature, the liver has been reported to be the major site for this conversion, whereas the exact role of the intestine rem...

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Main Authors: Monique Albersen, Marjolein Bosma, Nine V V A M Knoers, Berna H B de Ruiter, Eugène F Diekman, Jessica de Ruijter, Wouter F Visser, Tom J de Koning, Nanda M Verhoeven-Duif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3544708?pdf=render

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