Vitamins,
its types, Sources and Deficiency
Diseases
Vitamins are the complex organic compounds which act as a catalysts or promoters
and facilitate the metabolic processes required in very small amount. They
cannot be synthesized by the animals hence they must be supplied in diet. They
have no food value but they are also called Accessory Food Factors b/c they
regulate various physiological and chemical reactions taking place in the body.
[So far 13 vitamins have been isolated. Thiamine was the first vitamin
discovered].
Classification of vitamins on the basis
of solubility
Dr Inam Ul Haq Jazbi
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