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    Approximate Year of Discovery Vitamin / Chemical Name Food Source Deficiency Disease

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    This document lists vitamins and their corresponding chemical names, main food sources, and deficiency diseases. It provides information on 13 vitamins: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, and K. For each vitamin, the table identifies the year of discovery and the main health issues that can arise due to a deficiency in that vitamin, such as night blindness from a lack of vitamin A or scurvy from not enough vitamin C.

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    This document lists vitamins and their corresponding chemical names, main food sources, and deficiency diseases. It provides information on 13 vitamins: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, and K. For each vitamin, the table identifies the year of discovery and the main health issues that can arise due to a deficiency in that vitamin, such as night blindness from a lack of vitamin A or scurvy from not enough vitamin C.

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    This document lists vitamins and their corresponding chemical names, main food sources, and deficiency diseases. It provides information on 13 vitamins: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, and K. For each vitamin, the table identifies the year of discovery and the main health issues that can arise due to a deficiency in that vitamin, such as night blindness from a lack of vitamin A or scurvy from not enough vitamin C.

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    Approximate Vitamin / Chemical Name Food source Deficiency Disease

    Year of

    discovery

    1913 Vitamin A (Retinol, retinal) Cod liver oil Night blindness,

    Keratomalacia

    1910 Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Rice bran Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

    1920 Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) Eggs Ariboflavinosis

    1936 Vitamin B3 (Niacin, niacinamide) Liver Pellagra

    1931 Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) Liver Paresthesia

    1934 Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine, Rice bran Anemia, peripheral neuropathy.

    pyridoxamine, pyridoxal)

    1931 Vitamin B7 (Biotin) Liver Dermatitis, enteritis

    1941 Vitamin B9 (Folic acid, folinic Liver Deficiency during pregnancy is associated

    acid) with birth defects, such as neural tube defe

    1926 Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin, Liver Megaloblastic anemia

    hydroxycobalamin,

    methylcobalamin)

    1920 Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) Lemons Scurvy

    1920 Vitamin D (Ergocalciferol, Cod liver oil Rickets and Osteomalacia

    cholecalciferol)

    1922 Vitamin E (Tocopherols, Wheat germ oil, Sterility, Deficiency is very rare; mild hemol

    tocotrienols) Cosmetics and live anemiain newborn infants

    1929 Vitamin K (phylloquinone, Alfalfa Hemophilia, Bleeding diathesis

    menaquinones)

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