Vitamin
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is an essential water-soluble vitamin with several forms, including pyridoxine and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, found in fish, poultry, potatoes and bananas.
Also listed as pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, pyridoxal phosphate
What does food provide?
NIH examples per serving: canned chickpeas, 1 US cup, 1.1 mg; cooked sockeye salmon, 3 oz (about 85 g), 0.6 mg; one medium banana, 0.4 mg. 1
How much is needed?
DGE recommends 1.4 mg daily for adult women and 1.6 mg for men, rising to 1.5 mg in the first pregnancy trimester and 1.8 mg thereafter; breastfeeding requires 1.6 mg. These values describe total dietary intake. 2