Re: OT: Nutrition and pleasurable sense data
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 24, 2008, 15:47 |
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 20:43, Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> wrote:
> (Vitamins)
> Vitamins are traditionally "amine" compounds (thus "-amin"), though I suppose
> not all of them are. All of them are dietarily essential (thus "vita-"). They
> often contain essential metals that are needed in small amounts (I think one of
> the B vitamins contains some cobalt?)
You're probably thinking of B12, which is (I think) the group of
cobalamins -- cyanocobalamin being a popular one of those for
nutritional supplements, though IIRC it's not the only form B12 can
take.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>