Vitamins

Vitamins are organic chemicals that a given living organism requires in trace quantities for good health, but which the organism cannot synthesize, and therefore must obtain from its diet.
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Vitamins. Inadequate intake of some vitamins produces easily-recognized deficiency diseases like
scurvy: lack of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
beriberi: lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
pellagra: lack of niacin.
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Vitamins can be classified as either water soluble, which means they dissolve easily in water, or fat soluble, which means they are absorbed through the intestinal tract with the help of lipids.
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vitamins A diverse group of organic molecules that are required for metabolic reactions and generally cannot be synthesized in the body.
vulva A collective term for the external genitals in women.
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vitamins: organic nutrients essential in trace amounts to the health of animals.
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Vitamins are small organic molecules required in trace amounts. They usually act as coenzymes or precursors to coenzymes.
Electron Carriers in Cellular Respiration
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Why are vitamins lacking in rice?
First of all, you need to realize that rice when it's consumed is polished. The outer layers of rice are removed in the process of storing rice. If they're not removed, the rice will turn rancid and spoil.
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fat-soluble vitamin Vitamins that can be stored in fatty tissues of the body; vitamins A, D, E, and K.
fatty acid Any of a series of saturated organic acids having the general formula CnH2nO2, occurs in natural fats of animals and plants.
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Escherichiacoli a species of fecal bacteria a normal part of our intestinal flora which makes vitamins K and B-12 for us but some strains of which may cause illness if ingested into the upper GI tract ...
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An organic molecule serving as a cofactor. Most vitamins function as coenzymes in important metabolic reactions.
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[L. co, together + e-, out + volvere, to roll] ...
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substance that is essential for the proper metabolism and regulation of body processes; vitamins were so named because they were though [thought] originally to contain an amine radicle, which is incorrect ...
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It may involve fat and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K); it may also affect vitamin B12, folic acid, iron, protein and carbohydrates. Diarrhea is often present clinically, although this may not be the immediate cause for seeing a physician.
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Auxotrophic algae. Algae requiring a few organically derived substances, such as vitamins, along with dissolved inorganic nutrients for
photosynthesis ...
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Enzymic antioxidants are mostly inactivated in food processing but the non-enzymic ones can be active also in heat-treated food and might also be active after consumption of the food, as is claimed with b-carotene, and vitamins A and E.
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Yeast extract
A water soluble preparation extracted from common yeast. Yeast extract is rich in amino acids, peptides, B vitamins, and trace elements. Commonly used in rich media.
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Other crops grown commercially or field-tested are a sweet potato resistant to a virus that could decimate most of the African harvest, rice with increased iron and vitamins that may alleviate chronic malnutrition in Asian countries, ...
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Can contain either a DNA or RNA genome. vitamin An organic substance required in small quantities in the diet of some mammals, essential for life but not synthesizable by the organism. Most vitamins function as a component of a coenzyme.
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