what is the difference between cobalamin and cyanocobalamin?
what is the difference between cobalamin and cyanocobalamin?
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The second one has cyanide compounds in it.
OK a bit more – Cobalamin is the name for a group of cobalt containing compounds.
Cyanocobalamin is simply the member of that group that has cyanide in it.
Both come under the generic term of Vitamin B12, though technically B12 is specifically the cyano compound
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