Effects of Carnosine and Anserine on the Destruction of Vitamin B12 with Vitamin C in the Presence of Copper

S Takenaka; S Sugiyama; F Watanabe; K Abe; Y Tamura; Y Nakano

doi:10.1271/bbb.61.2137

Effects of Carnosine and Anserine on the Destruction of Vitamin B12 with Vitamin C in the Presence of Copper

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1997 Jan;61(12):2137-9. doi: 10.1271/bbb.61.2137.

Authors

S Takenaka¹, S Sugiyama¹, F Watanabe², K Abe², Y Tamura¹, Y Nakano³

Affiliations

¹ a Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Science , Hagoromo-gakuen College , Sakai 592 , Japan.
² b Department of Food and Nutrition , Kochi Women's University , Kochi 780 , Japan.
³ c Department of Applied Biological Chemistry , Osaka Prefecture University , Sakai 593 , Japan.

PMID: 27396893
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.61.2137

Abstract

Vitamin B12 is destroyed by the addition of substantial amounts of vitamin C in the presence of copper. Effects of carnosine and anserine, natural water-soluble antioxidants, on the destruction of vitamin B12, were studied. Addition of carnosine (l0mM) effectively repressed the destruction of vitamin B12, but anserine had only weak inhibitory effects.

Keywords: anserine; antioxidants; carnosine; cobalamin; vitamin C.