Function:
- help in making antibodies that are needed to fight many diseases
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm - Maintain normal nerve function
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm - Make hemoglobin and prevent anemia
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm - Break down proteins.
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm - Keep blood sugar (glucose) in normal ranges
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm - DNA synthesis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781437707885100045
Overdose: over 100 mg
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional/#h8
Excess: excreted in the urine
Type: water soluble vitamin
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002402.htm
Recommended daily dose= 1.7 mg
- Paprika:
Contain: 4 mg
% DV: 201% - Spearmint, dried [mint]:
Contain: 2.6 mg
%DV: 129% - bay leaf:
Contain: 1.7 mg
%DV: 87% - pistachio nuts, raw:
Contain: 1.7 mg
%DV: 85% - yeast, baker’s, active dry:
Contain: 1.5 mg
% DV: 77% - sunflower seed kernels, dried:
Contain: 1.3 mg
%DV: 67% - Garlic, raw:
Contain: 1.2 mg
%DV: 62% - safflower seed kernels, dried:
Contain: 1.2 mg
%DV: 58% - Mushrooms, shiitake, dried:
Contain: 1 mg
%DV: 48% - anise seed:
Contain: 0.7 mg
%DV: 33%
Deficiency symptoms
- Reversely affect the immune system
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367454 - severe drug-resistant seizures
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28801717 - neurological disorders including convulsions and epileptic encephalopathy and may lead to infant abnormalities
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24035968 - rheumatic, cardiovascular, and neoplastic diseases
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31557280 - Anemia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31407257
cognitive impairment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601260
