Vitamin

Biotin

Prepared by the ezGLP team. Sources last checked September 5, 2026.

Also known as Vitamin B7

Routes represented in the knowledgebase: Oral.

Educational overview

Dietary supplement; high doses can produce dangerously misleading thyroid, cardiac, and other laboratory results.

Category: Vitamin
Routes represented: Oral
Storage context: Follow the product label; store in the original container away from excess heat and moisture.

Authoritative overview

Published literature

No validated PubMed or DOI link is currently curated for this entry.

Safety evidence

Serious or important: dangerously misleading laboratory results, including falsely low troponin.

No human toxicity upper limit is established; assay interference is the principal documented concern.

Safety evidence source

Interaction evidence

These are general, pairwise evidence notes. Green identifies the potential-synergy category, while Lv3/Lv2/Lv1 communicates evidence strength; it does not guarantee benefit or cancel a safety warning.

With biotin-dependent laboratory assays

Safety flag

Biotin can produce falsely high or falsely low results, including falsely low troponin.

Interaction evidence source

Summarised from published literature for reference only, with citations to the source. Evidence is graded as reported and is not a recommendation to combine, dose, or use any compound.

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