Vitamins: Vitamins are organic molecules required for metabolic
reactions. These are classified into two types. They are
1. Fat soluble Vitamins- A,D,E,K
2.Water soluble Vitamins- B,C
Vitamin Chemical Name Food Sources Deficiency Diseases
A Retinol Milk, Night Blindness,
Eggs,Fish,Butter,Cheese Skin dryness
and Liver
B1 Thiamine Legumes ,whole grain, Beri -beri
nuts
B2 Riboflavin Egg , milk, cheese, Inflammation of
nuts,bread products tongue, sores in the
corners of the
mouth
B3 Niacin or Meat,fish, pea nuts, Skin disease,diarrhea,
Nicotinic acid whole grain depression,dementia
B5 Pantothenic Eggs, liver, dairy Fatigue,muscle
acid products cramp, Pellagra
B6 Pyridoxine Organ meats, cereals, Anaemia, kidney stones,
corn nausea,depression
B12 Cyanocobalamin Meat ,fish Pale skin,
constipation,fatigue
C Ascorbic acid Oranges, tomatoes, Scurvy ,anaemia
sweet and white
potatoes
D Calciferol Direct sunlight,fishoils, Rickets,osteomalacia
eggs
E Tocopherol Vegetable oils, olive Neurological problems,problems
tomatoes, of reproductive
almonds,meat, eggs system.
K Phylloquinone Soyabeans,green leafy Failure to clot blood
or vegetables, dairy
Napthoquinone products, meat
