Translations:Vitamin B6/1/en
Class of chemically related vitamins
| Vitamin B6 | |
|---|---|
| Drug class | |
 Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, the metabolically active form of vitamin B6 | |
| Class identifiers | |
| Use | Vitamin B6 deficiency |
| ATC code | A11H |
| Biological target | enzyme cofactor |
| Clinical data | |
| Drugs.com | International Drug Names |
| External links | |
| MeSH | D025101 |
| Legal status | |
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., "vitamers", which can be interconverted in biological systems. Its active form, pyridoxal 5′-phosphate, serves as a coenzyme in more than 140 enzyme reactions in amino acid, glucose, and lipid metabolism.