- the "amine" reference,
hence "
vitamin",
after researchers began to
suspect that not all "
vitamines" (in particular,
vitamin A) have an
amine component....
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Vitamin A is a fat-soluble
vitamin that is an
essential nutrient. The term "
vitamin A" encomp****es a
group of
chemically related organic compounds that...
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Vitamin C (also
known as
ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble
vitamin found in
citrus and
other fruits,
berries and vegetables. It is also a...
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within this
group are
vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and
vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).
Unlike the
other twelve vitamins,
vitamin D is only conditionally...
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Vitamin B12, also
known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble
vitamin involved in metabolism. It is one of
eight B
vitamins. It is
required by animals, which...
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Vitamin K is a
family of
structurally similar, fat-soluble
vitamers found in
foods and
marketed as
dietary supplements. The
human body
requires vitamin K...
- B
vitamins are a
class of water-soluble
vitamins that play
important roles in cell
metabolism and
synthesis of red
blood cells. They are a
chemically diverse...
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Vitamin B6 is one of the B
vitamins, and is an
essential nutrient for humans. The term
essential nutrient refers to a
group of six
chemically similar...
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Vitamin E is a
group of
eight compounds related in
molecular structure that
includes four
tocopherols and four tocotrienols. The
tocopherols function...
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Vitamin B3,
colloquially referred to as niacin, is a
vitamin family that
includes three forms, or vitamers:
nicotinic acid (niacin),
nicotinamide (niacinamide)...
