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What is Vitamin B12 is absorbed in and explain in detail?
Most vitamins are absorbed in the upper small intestine, but vitamin B 12 is absorbed in the ileum.This vitamin binds to IF and this complex is absorbed across the ileal mucosa.Vitamin B12 and folate absorption are Na independent.(Ref: Ganong&;s Review of medical physiology, 23 rd edition, page 458)