Classification Of Vitamins And Deficiency Diseases

Classification Of Vitamins And Deficiency Diseases :

•Vitamin: Vitamins are group of organic compounds which are required in little amounts to manage life. We have to take vitamins from food because that the human body does not deliver enough of them since they can’t be synthesized by the body.

Q. Who discovered the term Vitamin?

And. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Q. Who coined the term Vitamin?

Ans.Casimir Funk

•Classifications of Vitamin:

•Vitamins soluble in water – Vitamin B, Vitamin C

•Water-soluble vitamins dissolve easily in water, and in general, are readily excreted from the body, to the degree that urinary output is a strong predictor of vitamin consumption.

•Vitamins soluble in fat – Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K

•Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed through the intestinal tract with the help of lipids (fats).

•Vitamin A – Retinol

•Vitamin A deficiency can result in Night Blindness

•Vitamin B1 – Thiamine

•Vitamin B1 deficiency can result in Beri Beri

•Vitamin B2 – Riboflavin

•Vitamin B2 deficiency can result in Anemia

•Vitamin B5 – Pantothenic Acid

•Vitamin B5 deficiency can result in Insomnia

•Vitamin B6 – Pyridoxine

•Vitamin B6 deficiency can result in Anemia

•Vitamin B12 – Cyanocobalmin

•Vitamin B12 deficiency can result in Anemia

•Vitamin C – Ascorbic Acid

•Vitamin B1 deficiency can result in Scurvy

•Vitamin D – Calciferol

•Vitamin D deficiency can result in Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease

•Vitamin K – Phylloquinone

•Vitamin K deficiency can result in Non clotting of Blood

•Vitamin E – Tocopheral

•Vitamin E deficiency can result in Less Fertaility