Abstract
Vitamin B12 is the term applied to a group of chemically related metabolically equiactive compounds with a central ‘corrin’ ring system (porphyrin-like) surrounding a cobalt atom. The structure of the principle compounds with mammalian activity is shown in Figure 33. In natural form, vitamin B12 is probably bound to protein.
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Marks, J. (1985). Vitamin B12. In: The Vitamins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7321-6_26
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