Pyridoxine hydrochloride

CAS 58-56-0

Pyridoxine hydrochloride is vitamin B6, added to cereals, drinks and infant formula.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Pyridoxine hydrochloride by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1676retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by chemical synthesis and isolated as the hydrochloride salt for stability.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
58-56-0
InChIKey
ZUFQODAHGAHPFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 6019

Every name it appears under

62 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 58-56-0

As it appears in regulation

  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride

Other names

  • 2-Methyl-3-hydroxy-4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)pyridine hydrochloride
  • 3,4-Pyridinedimethanol, 5-hydroxy-6-methyl-, hydrochloride
  • 3-Hydroxy-4,5-dimethylol-alpha-picoline hydrochloride
  • 4,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol hydrochloride
  • 4,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol monohydrochloride
  • 4,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine hydrochloride
  • 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-pyridinedicarbinol hydrochloride
  • 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-pyridinedimethanol hydrochloride
  • Adermine hydrochloride
  • Aderomine hydrochloride
  • Aderoxin
  • Aderoxine
  • Alestrol
  • B-6 Pyridoxine HCL
  • Becilan
  • Beesix
  • Benadon
  • BENDECTIN COMPONENT PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
  • Bonasanit
  • BONJESTA COMPONENT PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
  • Campoviton 6
  • Comploment continus
  • DICLECTIN COMPONENT PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
  • DICLEGIS COMPONENT PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
  • Godabion
  • Hexa-Betalin
  • Hexa-Betalin (R)
  • Hexabetalin
  • Hexabione hydrochloride
  • Hexavibex
  • Hexermin
  • Hexobion
  • Kent b6
  • Lyphomed
  • Orovite comploment b6
  • Paxadon
  • PureVita Vitamin B6
  • Pydox
  • Pyrid-10
  • Pyrid-20
  • Pyridipca
  • Pyridox
  • Pyridox hcl
  • Pyridox-roche
  • Pyridoxin hydrochloride
  • Pyridoxine chloride
  • PYRIDOXINE HCI
  • Pyridoxine HCl
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride
  • Pyridoxine monohydrochloride
  • Pyridoxini hydrochloridum
  • Pyridoxinium chloride
  • Pyridoxinum hydrochloricum
  • Pyridoxol Hcl
  • Pyridoxol hydrochloride
  • Rodex (R)
  • Vital foods
  • Vitalife
  • vitamin B6 hydrochloride

Systematic names

  • 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol hydrochloride

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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