Vitamin B12

Researchers at the University of Florida at Gainesville, and a New Hampshire company, Metabolic Solutions, have developed a breath test for Vitamin B-12 deficiency.  The assay depends on Vitamin B-12’s breakdown of sodium propionate into carbon dioxide, which is then measured as a deficiency indicator.  Vitamin B-12 deficiency is implicated in several disorders, especially anemias.  A report of this work appeared in The Journal of Breath Research. MORE

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