Sentences with phrase «convert cyanocobalamin»

* (8) In some people the liver may not convert cyanocobalamin, the common supplemental form of B - 12, into adequate amounts of methylcobalamin needed for proper neuronal functioning.

To make matters more complicated, about 50 % of the population is estimated to have at least one mutation at the MTHFR gene and 10 % has two mutations, meaning they're less able to methylate B12 or convert cyanocobalamin to methylcobalamin.

Not exact matches

My body couldn't absorb and convert the regular, B12, aka Cyanocobalamin....

Also, it was my understanding that cyanocobalamin is not the human - active form and depletes the body of crucial methyl groups when being converted to methylcobalamin, the primary human - active form.