pyridoxine

pyridoxine /pyr·i·dox·ine/ (pir?i-dok´sen) one of the forms of vitamin B6, used as the hydrochloride salt in the prophylaxis and treatment of vitamin B6 deficiency and as an antidote in cycloserine and isoniazid poisoning.

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pyr·i·dox·ine (pr-dksn, -sn) or pyr·i·dox·in (-dksn)

n.

A pyridine derivative occurring especially in cereals, yeast, liver, and fish and serving as a coenzyme in amino acid synthesis.

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pyridoxine,

n See vitamin B₆.

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pyridoxine

one of the forms of vitamin B₆, chiefly used, as the hydrochloride salt, in the prophylaxis and treatment of vitamin B₆ deficiency. Nutritional deficiency is not known to occur under natural conditions in animals. Called also pyridoxal, adermin.