Functions of B vitamins

  • Enhancing metabolic activities, especially in the nervous system
  • Production of neurotransmitters in the entire nervous system
  • Production of protective myelin sheaths surrounding nerve paths. They form an insulating coating around the nerves.
  • Formation of red blood cells (erythrocytes)
  • Detoxification of toxins in the liver
  • Energy production (replenishing ATP) of mitochondria
  • Responsible for detoxification of metabolic waste products such as homocysteine and oxidation products like peroxynitrite (nitrogen oxide)