Estimate of the dietary intake of biotin in infants prescribed special therapeutic infant formulas in Japan
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Biotin is one of the water-soluble vitamins which plays an important role as a covalently bound coenzyme for carboxylases in fatty acid synthesis, gluconeogenesis and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) metabolism in mammals. This vitamin is widely distributed in various foods and produced in intestinal microflora. Biotin deficiency is rare in general dietary habits. However, biotin deficiency International Journal of Analytical Bio-Science
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