Vitamin B6 deficiency occurs rarely. When it does, it is usually associated with poor absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract
The prognosis for correcting vitamin B6 deficiency is excellent
Vitamin B6 deficiency can be prevented or treated with consumption of the recommended dietary allowance, as supplied by food or by vitamin supplements.
Vitamin B6 status is measured by the transaminase stimulation test
The deficiency of Vitamin B6 causes depression, nauseas, vomiting, skin disorders, anemia, and kidney stones.
Newborns are especially prone to vitamin K deficiency
Scurvy is a vitamin C deficiency.
A deficiency in the essential Vitamin B12.
Vitamin A deficiency occurs with the chronic consumption of diets that are deficient in both vitamin A and beta-carotene.
Christine May Jensen has written: 'Deoxycytidine excretion in vitamin B6 or pantothenic acid deficient rats' -- subject(s): Vitamin B6 'Vitamin B-6 and pyrimidine deoxynucleoside metabolism in the rat' -- subject(s): Metabolism, Vitamin B6 deficiency, Pyrimidine nucleotides, Rats
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 and biotinÊareÊrequired as one of the co-enzymes to perform the citric acid cycle, which is how energy is created. With a deficiency of these substances, the cycle would be disrupted and the body would lose its ability to create enough energy to function properly.
Vitamin D deficiency, as well as rickets and osteomalacia, tends to occur in persons who do not get enough sunlight