Vidya Velagapudi

Oct 4, 2024 | cambridge.org | Madhu Baghel |Himani Patel |Vidya Velagapudi |Abdullah Ali

Vitamin B12 (B12 or cobalamin) is an essential water-soluble vitamin derived from animal-based diets which function to regulate two immediate cellular processes in one-carbon metabolism and Krebs cycle(Reference Stabler1–Reference Green, Allen and Bjorke-Monsen5). The absorption of dietary B12 requires gastric intrinsic factor (GIF), a stomach-specific protein(Reference Nielsen, Rasmussen and Andersen4).