Friday 28 March 2014

Vitamins

 
 

Vitamins and their Chemical Names

   Vitamin Name - Chemical Name


                                                    Vitamin A            -        Retinol

 

                                                    Vitamin B1           -       Thiamine

 

                                                    Vitamin B2           -        Riboflavin

 

                                                    Vitamin B3           -        Niacin

 

                                                    Vitamin B5           -        Pantothenic acid

 

                                                    Vitamin B7           -        Biotin

 

                                                    Vitamin B9           -        Folic acid

 

                                                    Vitamin B12         -        Cyanocobalamin

 

                                                    Vitamin C             -        Ascorbic acid

 

                                                    Vitamin D             -        Calciferol

 

                                                    Vitamin E              -        Tocoferol

 

                                                    Vitamin K             -         Phylloquinone and Menaquinones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Vitamin Deficiency Diseases

 

Vitamin A - Night Blindness, Hyperkeratosis and Keratomalacia.

 

Vitamin B1 - Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

 

Vitamin B2 - Ariboflavinosis.

 

Vitamin B3 - Pellagra.

 

Vitamin B5 - Paresthesia.

 

Vitamin B6 - Anemia peripheral neuropathy.

 

Vitamin B7 - Dermatitis, enteritis.

 

Vitamin B9 - Megaloblast and Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects.

 

Vitamin B12 - Megaloblastic anemia.

 

Vitamin C - Scurvy.

 

Vitamin D - Rickets and Osteomalacia.

 

Vitamin K - Bleeding diathesis.

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