Deficiency of this vitamin has been implicated in a wide variety of clinical conditions. Important in neonatology is the syndrome of jittery characteristics, colic, irritability, easy startling and seizures due to B6 deficiency following ingestion of formula rendered B6 depleted by excessive heating. B6 may be decreased with malabsorption and inflammatory disease of the small bowel and in some cases of jejunoileal bypass Alternative Name(s): Pyridoxal Phosphate, Pyridoxal™, B6 Vitamin