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{{About|the group of [[vitamers]]|the dietary supplement|Pyridoxine}}

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Vitamin B₆}}

| Alt              = The chemical structure of pyridoxal phosphate, a form of vitamin B₆.

| Caption          = [[Pyridoxal phosphate|Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate]], the metabolically active form of vitamin B₆

| Use              = Vitamin B₆ deficiency

'''Vitamin B₆''' is one of the [[B vitamins]], and thus an [[essential nutrient]]. The term refers to a group of six chemically similar compounds, i.e., "[[vitamer]]s", which can be interconverted in biological systems. Its active form, [[pyridoxal phosphate|pyridoxal 5′-phosphate]], serves as a [[coenzyme]] in more than 140 [[enzyme]] reactions in [[amino acid]], [[glucose]], and [[lipid]] metabolism.