Word: pyridoxine
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...suspected that one reason for a queen bee's long life might be her rich diet: royal jelly. Royal jelly is exceptionally rich in pantothenic acid (a B vitamin believed to prevent grey hair), and in pyridoxin and biotin (also B vitamins). Dr. Gardner mixed up a brew of these three ingredients and a substance known as sodium yeast nucleate, and fed it to some fruit flies. The exciting result: the Gardner mixture increased the fruit flies' average life span 46%; pantothenic acid alone increased...
...Pyridoxin and pantothenic acid are the remaining known constituents of the former B-complex. They are newly developed, often omitted from multiple-vitamin preparations. Pantothenic acid is popular as a possible preventive of grey hair...
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