Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 mainly includes pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. Pyridoxine is rapidly converted into pyridoxal in the liver, and then forms the coenzymes pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and pyridoxine 5′-phosphate to exert biological activity. . In order to assess the nutritional status of vitamin B6, determine the effect of supplementation, or monitor the course of diseases that can change the nutritional status of vitamin B6, it is recommended to measure pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in plasma.