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Nicotinamide, or Vitamin B7, is also widely distributed in most foodstuffs.

Lack of this vitamin — and usually wittf an associated lack of riboflavin — produces the disease known as pellagra, and this usually is seen in those whose staple diet is maize and little else.

Vitamin B6, or pyridoxine, is required for the proper functioning of nervous and skin tissue.

B6 has recently been used in relieving premenstrual tension (PMT).

Most of the B-group vitamins form part of the molecules of enzymes in the body, those chemical substances which are necessary for the build-up and break-down of all the body tissues.

Vitamin B12, or cyancobalamin, is formed in the body by the action of a chemical in the stomach acting on another chemical taken in with the food.

It is necessary for the proper development of the red blood cells and nervous tissues.

A lack of Vitamin Â12, because of degeneration of these special cells of the stomach, which produce the intrinsic factor, is the cause of pernicious anaemia.

This disease, called pernicious when it was first discovered because the anaemia does not respond to the intake of iron, is treated by giving Â12 by injection.

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