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Vit B6 (Pyridoxine)

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Vit B6 is a water-soluble vitamin, but the name refers to a group of at least ten chemically similar pyridine derivatives (vitamers), which can be interconverted in biological systems.

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Anastassakis, K. (2022). Vit B6 (Pyridoxine). In: Androgenetic Alopecia From A to Z . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08057-9_32

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