Vitamins are organic compounds required in very small quantities, but play an important role in the growth and development of an individual. The present slide helps you to know about the classification of vitamins, diets rich in them and the deficiency disorders caused due to the lack of supply of vitamins. Hope you all enjoy.

1. VITAMINS
Vinitha S Babu

2. Organic
Compounds
Small
Quantities
Casimir
Funk (1912)
Father of Vitamin
Therapy

5. Retinol,
Retinal,
Retinoic Acid

6. Deficiency Disorders
Night blindness- Nyctalopia:
poor vision at night
Keratomalacia: cornea becomes
dry

8. Ergocalciferol Cholecalciferol

9. Deficiency Disorders
•Rickets
•Osteomalacia

10. Tocopherol

11. Deficiency Disorders
• Mild haemolytic anaemia

13. K1 – Phylloquinone
K2 – Menaquinone

14. Deficiency Disorders
•Bleeding diathesis : Irregular and
slow blood clotting

15. WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS

16. B 5
B 12
B 1
B 3
B 7 B 5
B 2
B 6

17. Vitamin B1: Deficiency Disorders
2 Types
• Wet: Heart Failures
• Dry: Paralysis

18. Vitamin B2: Deficiency Disorders
Ariboflavinosis: sores in mouth

19. Vitamin B3: Deficiency Disorders
Pellagra

20. Vitamin B5: Deficiency Disorder
Paraesthesia

21. Vitamin B6: Deficiency Disorder

22. Vitamin B9: Deficiency Disorders
Neural tube defects
in infants

23. Pernicious Anaemia:
no DNA synthesis
during RBC
production

25. Deficiency Disorder: Scurvy