vitamins and their source.

1. VITAMINS
IN OUR DAILY LIFE

2. WHAT EXACTLY ARE VITAMINS?
 A vitamin is an organic molecule which
is an essential micronutrient, that an
organism needs in small quantities for
the proper functioning of its
metabolism. Essential nutrients cannot
be synthesized in the organism, either
at all or not in sufficient quantities, and
therefore must be obtained through the
diet.

3. TYPES OF VITAMINS:
There are 13
different types
of vitamins and
the types are:

4. THEY ARE:
• vitamin A (retinols and carotenoids)
• Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
• Vitamin B2(riboflavin)
• Vitamin B3(Niacin, Niacinamide , Nicotinamide riboside)
• Vitamin B5(pantothenic acid)
• Vitamin B6(Pyridoxine, Pyridoxamine, Pyridoxal)
• VitaminB7(Biotin)
• Vitamin B9(Folates, Folic acid)
• Vitamin
B12(Cyanocobalamin, Hydroxocobalamin, Methylcobalamin, Adenosylcobalamin)

5. REMAINING ARE:
 vitamin C(ascorbic acid)
 vitamin D(Cholecalciferol(D3), Ergocalciferol(D2))
 vitamin E(Tocopherols, Tocotrienols)
 vitamin K(Phylloquinone, Menaquinones).

6. VITAMINS DEPENDING UPON SOLUBILITY
 Water soluble:
 Vitamin B (and their groups)
 Vitamin C.
 Fat soluble:
 Vitamin A
 Vitamin D
 Vitamin E
 Vitamin K

7. FOOD HABITS:

8. VITAMIN A Fat Liver,
orange,leafy
vegetables,
carrots,
pumpkin,fish,
milk.
Night
blindness, hy
perkeratosis,
and keratoma
lacia.
Hypervitamin
osis A
VITAMIN B1 Water Pork,
oatmeal,
vegetables,
potatoes,
liver, eggs.
Beriberi, Wer
nicke-
Korsakoff
syndrome.
Drowsiness
and muscle
relaxation.
VITAMIN B2 Water Dairy
products,
bananas,
popcorn,
green beans.
Ariboflavinosi
s, glossitis, an
gular
stomatitis.
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9. VITAMIN B3 water Meat, fish,
eggs, many
vegetables,
mushrooms,
tree nuts.
Pellagra Liver damage
(doses >
2g/day)
and other
problems
VITAMIN B5 water Meat,
broccoli,
avocados. Paresthesia
Diarrhea;
possibly
nausea and
heartburn.
VITAMIN B6 water Meat,
vegetables,
tree nuts,
bananas.
Anemia, Perip
heral
neuropathy.
Impairment
of propriocep
tion, nerve
damage
(doses >
100 mg/day)
VITAMIN B7 water Raw egg yolk,
liver, peanuts,
leafy green
vegetables.
Dermatitis, en
teritis
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10. VITAMIN B9 water Leafy
vegetables,
pasta, bread,
cereal, liver.
Megaloblastic
anemia and
deficiency
during
pregnancy is
associated
with birth
defects.
May mask
symptoms of
vitamin
B12 deficiency
; other
effects.
VITAMIN B12 water Meat, poultry,
fish, eggs,
milk.
Pernicious
anemia ------------
VITAMIN C water Many fruits
and
vegetables,
liver
Scurvy
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11. VITAMIN D Fat Lichen, eggs,
liver, certain
fish species
such
as sardines,
certain
mushroom
species such
as shiitake.
Rickets and os
teomalacia.
Hypervitamin
osis D.
VITAMIN E Fat Many fruits
and
vegetables,
nuts and
seeds, and
seed oils.
Deficiency is
very rare;
mild hemolyti
c anemia in
newborn
infants.
Possible
increased
incidence of
congestive
heart failure.
VITAMIN K Fat Leafy green
vegetables
such as
spinach; egg
yolks; liver
Bleeding
diathesis.
Decreased
anticoagulatio
n effect
of warfarin.

12. BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS:
Each vitamin is
typically used in
multiple
reactions, and
therefore most
have multiple
functions.

13. ON FETAL GROWTH AND CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT……………………….
 Using the genetic blueprint inherited from its
parents, a fetus begins to develop from the
nutrients it absorbs. It requires certain vitamins
and minerals to be present at certain
times. These nutrients facilitate the chemical
reactions that produce among other
things, skin, bone, and muscle. If there is serious
deficiency in one or more of these nutrients, a
child may develop a deficiency disease.

14. ON ADULT HEALTH MAINTENANCE……
 Once growth and development are completed,
vitamins remain essential nutrients for the
healthy maintenance of the cells, tissues, and
organs that make up a multicellular organism;
they also enable a multicellular life form to
efficiently use chemical energy provided by food
it eats, and to help process the proteins,
carbohydrates, and fats required for cellular
respiration.

15. SUPPLEMENTS
 Vitamin A and E supplements not only provide no health
benefits for generally healthy individuals, but they may
increase mortality.
 Scientific evidence supports the benefits of dietary
supplements for persons with certain health conditions.

16. **FACT**
The term vitamin was derived from
"vitamine", a compound word coined in
1912 by the Polish biochemist Casimir
Funk. The name is from vital and amine,
meaning amine of life, because the
organic micronutrient food factors that
prevent beriberi and other similar dietary-
deficiency diseases might be chemical
amines.

17. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 I AM VERY MUCH THANKFUL TO MY PROFESSOR FOR
GIVING ME SUCH A WONDERFUL TOPIC TO WORK ON.
 REFERENCE-Wikipedia and internet.
THANK YOU.