Vitamins, Deficiency Diseases and Sources
Vitamin | Chemical Name | Solubility | Deficiency Diseases | Sources |
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Vitamin A | Retinol | Fat | Colour Blindness, Xerophthalmia | Milk, Egg, Cheese, Green Vegetables, Fish liver oil |
Vitamin B1 | Thymine | Water | Beriberi | Ground nut, Rapseed, Dried Chilli, Pulses, Liver, Egg, Vegetables etc. |
Vitamin B2 | Riboflavin | Water | Cracking of skin, red-dish eye, cracking of tongue | Meat, Green vegetables, Milk etc. |
Vitamin B3 | Nicotinamide or Niacin | Water | Whitening of hair, mentally retardness | Meat, Milk, Nut, Tomato, Sugarcane etc. |
Vitamin B5 | Pantothenic acid | Water | Pellagra or 4-D Syndrome | Meat, Ground Potato, Tomato, Nut, Leafy vegetables etc. |
Vitamin B6 | Pyridoxine | Water | Anaemia, skin disease | Liver, Meat, Grains etc. |
Vitamin B7 | Biotin | Water | Paralysis, body pain, Hair Falling | Meat, Egg, Liver, Milk etc. |
Vitamin B11 | Folic acid | Water | Anaemia, dysentry | Pulse, Liver, Eggs |
Vitamin B12 | Cynocobalamin | Water | Anaemia, Jaundice Teroile Glutemic | Meat, Milk etc. |
Folic acid | – | Anaemia, diarrhoea | Pulses, Liver, Vegetables, Eggs etc. | |
Vitamin C | Ascorbic Acid | Water | Scurvy, Swelling of gums | Lemon, Orange, Tomato, Sour Substances, Chilly, Sprouted grain. |
Vitamin D | Calciferol | Fat | Rickets (In Children), Osteomalasia (In adults) | Fish liver oil, Milk, Eggs etc. |
Vitamin E | Tocopherol | Fat | Less fertility | Leafy vegetables, Milk, Butter, Sprouted Wheat, Vegetable oil etc. |
Vitamin K | Phylloquinone | Fat | Non-clotting of blood | Tomato, Soybean Oil, Green vegetables etc. |
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