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Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is part of the vitamin B group. Riboflavin 5’-phosphate is the precursor of two coenzymes, flavin adenine dinucleotide and flavin mononucleotide, which catalyze oxidation/reduction reactions involved in a number of metabolic p...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (EPIMERIC)



Leucovorin is a compound similar to folic acid, which is a necessary vitamin. It has been around and in use for many decades. Leucovorin is a medication frequently used in combination with the chemotherapy drugs fluoruracil and methotrexate. Leucov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a water-soluble vitamin. It occurs as a white or slightly yellow crystal or powder with a slight acidic taste. Ascorbic acid is an electron donor, and this property accounts for all its known functions. As an electron don...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Pyridoxine is the 4-methanol form of vitamin B6 and is converted to pyridoxal 5-phosphate in the body. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is a water-soluble vitamin used in the prophylaxis and treatment of vitamin B6 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy in thos...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Niacinamide, known as nicotinamide, is an important compound functioning as a component of the coenzyme NAD. Its primary significance is in the prevention and/or cure of blacktongue and pellagra. Pellagra is a nutritional disease that occurs due to i...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2000)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Biotin (also known as vitamin H and vitamin B7) is a water-soluble vitamin which is required for normal cellular functions, growth and development. Biotin is an important cofactor for many mitochondria and cytoplasm enzymes: acetyl-CoA carboxylase a ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Flavin mononucleotide, or riboflavin-5′-phosphate, is a biomolecule produced from riboflavin by the enzyme riboflavin kinase and functions as prosthetic group of various oxidoreductases including NADH dehydrogenase as well as cofactor in biological b...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2001)
First approved in 1946

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Folic Acid is a B complex vitamin containing a pteridine moiety linked by a methylene bridge to para-aminobenzoic acid, which is joined by a peptide linkage to glutamic acid. Conjugates of Folic Acid are present in a wide variety of foods, particular...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2017)
First approved in 1942

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cyanocobalamin (commonly known as Vitamin B12) is the most chemically complex of all the vitamins. Cyanocobalamin's structure is based on a corrin ring, which, although similar to the porphyrin ring found in heme, chlorophyll, and cytochrome, has two...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2010)
First approved in 1941

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Ergoalcifediol (Vitamin D2) is a fat soluble steroid hormone precursor of vitamin D. The principal biologic function of vitamin D is the maintenance of normal levels of serum calcium and phosphorus in the bloodstream by enhancing the efficacy of the ...