"Vitamin B 12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
| Descriptor ID |
D014805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.578.840.437.777 D03.633.400.909.437.777 D04.345.783.437.777
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin B 12- Vitamin B 12
- B 12, Vitamin
- Vitamin B12
- B12, Vitamin
- Cyanocobalamin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin B 12" by people in Profiles.
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Role of Folate, Cobalamin, and Probiotics in COVID-19 Disease Management [Letter]. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2021; 15:3709-3710.
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Evaluation of the relationship between serum levels of zinc, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. J Med Virol. 2022 01; 94(1):141-146.
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A rise in cases of nitrous oxide abuse: neurological complications and biological findings. J Neurol. 2022 Feb; 269(2):577-582.
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COVID-19: A methyl-group assault? Med Hypotheses. 2021 Apr; 149:110543.
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Excessive vitamin B12 and poor outcome in COVID-19 pneumonia. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 03 10; 31(3):774-775.
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COVID-19's toll on the elderly and those with diabetes mellitus - Is vitamin B12 deficiency an accomplice? Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan; 146:110374.
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SARS-CoV-2: influence of phosphate and magnesium, moderated by vitamin D, on energy (ATP) metabolism and on severity of COVID-19. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2021 01 01; 320(1):E2-E6.
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Cohort study to evaluate the effect of vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin B12 in combination on progression to severe outcomes in older patients with coronavirus (COVID-19). Nutrition. 2020 Nov - Dec; 79-80:111017.
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Vitamin B12 may inhibit RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase activity of nsp12 from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. IUBMB Life. 2020 10; 72(10):2112-2120.
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SARS CoV-2 aggravates cellular metabolism mediated complications in COVID-19 infection. Dermatol Ther. 2020 11; 33(6):e13871.