Vitamins
Vitamins are
organic compounds which cannot be produced by the body and must be supplied in
small amount in diet for the normal health, growth and maintenance of body.
Vitamins are
essential to us for the normal and proper functioning of the body. The absence or deficiency of a vitamin can
cause specific diseases.
In 1912, Sir
H G Hopkins first identified vitamins in milk. The name ‘vitamins’ was given by
Casmir Funk.
Vitamins are
classified into two types,
- Water soluble vitamins
- Fat soluble vitamins
Water soluble vitamins
Vitamin B
complex and vitamin c are water soluble.
Fat soluble vitamins
Vitamins A,
D, E and K are fat soluble vitamins.
|
Sl.No.
|
Vitamins
|
|
Deficiency
diseases
|
|
1
|
Vitamin B1
|
Thiamine
(aneurin)
|
Beriberi
|
|
2
|
Vitamin
B2
|
Riboflavin
(lactoflavin)
|
Chillosis
|
|
3
|
Vitamin
B3
|
Niacin
|
Pellagra
|
|
4
|
Vitamin B5
|
Pantothenic
acid
|
Parasthesia
|
|
5
|
Vitamin
B6
|
Pyridoxine
|
Dermites
|
|
6
|
Vitamin
B7
|
Biotin
|
Seboria
|
|
7
|
Vitamin
B9
|
Pholic
acid
|
Megaloblastic
anemia
|
|
8
|
Vitamin
B12
|
Cyanocobalamin
|
Pernicias
anemia
|
|
9
|
Vitamin
C
|
Ascorbic
acid
|
Scurvy
|
|
10
|
Vitamin A
|
Retinol
|
Nightblindness,
xerophthalmia, xerosis
|
|
11
|
Vitamin
D
|
Calciferol
|
Rickets
|
|
12
|
Vitamin
E
|
Tocopherol
|
Sterility
|
|
13
|
Vitamin
K
|
Phylloquinone
|
Bleeding
|
