Vitamin B6
Pyridoxine
Vitamin B6 is required for the proper functioning of more than 60 different enzymes and is involved in the formation of body proteins and structural compounds, neurotransmitters, red blood cells, and prostaglandins. Vitamin B6 is also critical in maintaining hormonal balance and proper immune function. Deficiency of vitamin B6 is characterised by depression, convulsions, glucose intolerance, anaemia, impaired nerve function, cracking of the lips and tongue, and seborrhea or eczema.
- PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME - A recent meta-analysis pooling data of nine trials, representing 940 patients, suggests that high dose pyridoxine supplementation is likely to be of benefit in treating premenstrual symptoms, including premenstrual depression.
- DEPRESSION - Vitamin B6 nutritional status has a significant and selective modulatory impact on central production of both serotonin and GABA, neurotransmitters that control depression, pain perception, and anx