Vitamins
❣ Vitamins: Chemical Name, Sources, Deficieny and Discovery
🔶1913
🔷Vitamin A (Retinol, retinal)
🔶Cod liver oil
🔷Night blindness,
Keratomalacia
🔶1910
🔷Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
🔶Rice bran
🔷Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
🔶1920
🔷Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
🔶Eggs
🔷Ariboflavinosis
🔶1936
🔷Vitamin B3 (Niacin,niacinamide)
🔶Liver
🔷Pellagra
🔶1931
🔷Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)
🔶Liver
🔷Paresthesia
🔶1934
🔷Vitamin B6
(Pyridoxine,pyridoxamine, pyridoxal)
🔶Rice bran
🔷Anemia, peripheral neuropathy.
🔶1931
🔷Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
🔶Liver
🔷Dermatitis, enteritis
🔶1941
🔷Vitamin B9 (Foli acid, folinicacid)
🔶Liver
🔷Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects
🔶1926
🔷Vitamin B12
(Cyanocobalamin,hydroxycobalamin,methylcobalamin)
🔶Liver
🔷Megaloblastic anemia
🔶1920
🔷Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
🔶Lemons
🔷Scurvy
🔶1920
🔷Vitamin D
🔶(Ergocalciferol,cholecalciferol)
🔷Rickets and Osteomalacia
🔶1922
🔷Vi
