Biotin is an unnumbered member of the B-complex family normally only required in minute amounts. Biotin a water-soluble vitamin is used as a cofactor of enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism gluconeogenesis and amino acid catabolism making biotin essential in maintaining metabolic homeostasis.Biotin plays an important role in metabolic functioning as a coenzyme carrier of activated carbon dioxide in the TCA cycle (also known as the Krebs cycle). In its coenzyme form biotin synthesizes glucose from non-carbohydrate sources and synthesizes and breaks down certain fatty acids and amino acids.Other products from HerbsPro