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Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6) Information

What is Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine Hydrochloride?

Pyridoxine Hydrochloride: Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride or Vitamin B6 is used by the body to make hemoglobin within the red blood cells that carries oxygen to tissues. Vitamin B6 also helps increase the amount of oxygen carried by hemoglobin. Vitamin B6 helps maintain your blood sugar levels within a normal range. It helps convert stored carbohydrates or other nutrients to glucose to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

Reported Benefits of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)

  • Helps maintain the health of lymphoid organs (thymus, spleen, and lymph nodes) that make your white blood cells.
  • Needed for the synthesis of neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine.
  • At least one preliminary study has found that this vitamin increases dream vividness or the ability to recall dreams. (It is thought that this effect may be due to the role this vitamin plays in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin).
  • It is also suggested that ingestion of vitamin B6 can alleviate some of the many symptoms of an alcoholic hangover. (Alcohol also promotes the destruction and loss of vitamin B6 from the body).
Leklem JE. Vitamin B6. In: Shils ME, Olson JA, Shike M, Ross AC, ed. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1999: 413-421. King 888 Ingredients
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