pyridoxamine
Noun
Meaning
a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
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Other products of vitamin B 6 metabolism excreted in the urine when high doses of the vitamin have been given include pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, and pyridoxine and their phosphates.
Plant foods lose the least during processing, as they contain mostly pyridoxine, which is far more stable than the pyridoxal or pyridoxamine found in animal foods.
The trapped pyridoxine and pyridoxamine are oxidized to pyridoxal phosphate in the tissue.