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Vitamin Info:

Vitamins: Vitamins what they are and how they work

• Vitamin A = retinol, retinaldehyde, retinoic acid

• Vitamin B1 = thiamin

• Vitamin B2 = riboflavin

• Vitamin B6 = pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine

• Vitamin B12 = cobalamin

• Vitamin C = ascorbic acid

• Vitamin D = calciferol

• Vitamin E = tocopherol, tocotrienol

• Vitamin K = phylloquinone

More Info On Vitamins here from Wikipedia:

Vitamin Name	Chemical Name	Solubility	Deficiency Disease
Vitamin A	Retinol	Fat	Night-blindness
Vitamin B1	Thiamine	Water	Beriberi
Vitamin B2	Riboflavin	Water	Ariboflavinosis
Vitamin B3	Niacin	Water	Pellagra
Vitamin B5	Pantothenic acid	Water	Paresthesias
Vitamin B6	Pyridoxine	Water
Vitamin B7	Biotin	Water
Vitamin B9	Folic acid	Water
Vitamin B12	Cyanocobalamin	Water	Pernicious anaemia
Vitamin C	Ascorbic acid	Water	Scurvy
Vitamin D1	Lamisterol	Fat	Rickets
Vitamin D2	Ergocalciferol	Fat	Rickets
Vitamin D3	Calciferol	Fat	Rickets
Vitamin D4	Dihydrotachysterol	Fat	Rickets
Vitamin D5	7-dehydrositosterol	Fat	Rickets
Vitamin E	Tocopherol	Fat
Vitamin K	Naphthoquinone	Fat

Source: Wikipedia
 

See also: What are vitamins and how do they work?
 

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