Vitamins essential

Vitamin:

Vitamin means vital amine . Vitamin may be defined as a protent organic compounds which is found in food in variable  and minute quantity and must supplied to the animal organism from external sources, so that specific physiological function vital to life may go on normally .

*Vitamins * 

Depending upon their solubility in water , fat  and oils as well as fat solvent vitamins are divided into (two) 2 groups : 

• Fat soluble vitamins : Those present in fats and soluble in fat solvents ; Example: A,D,E & K .

• Water soluble vitamins : These are water soluble and includes vitamin B- complex   and vitamin C. It does   not stored in the body more than 48-72 hours except B12.

        Amount of daily required vitamins:
Vitamin A                                    - 5000 IU
Vitamin D                                     - 400 IU
Vitamin E                                      -15    IU
Vitamin K                                     -70    micro gm
Thiamine (B1)                                - 1.5   mg
Riboflavin (B2)                               -1.8   mg
Pantothenic acid (B)                      -   Unknown
Niacin                                           -20    mg
Folic acid                                      - 0.4  mg
Pyridoxine (B6)                             -2       mg
Vit.B12    3 micro mg
Vit. C or Ascorbic acid                 - 45 mg.

Different types of vitamins:

Vitamin A (Retinol and beta-carotene) 

 Vitamin B-complex 

 Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 

 Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 

 Vitamin B3 (Nicotinic acid / nicotinamide) 

 Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 

 Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 

 Vitamin B11 (Folic acid) 

 Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) 

 Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic acid) 

 Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol / Ergocalciferol) 

 Vitamin E (Tocopherol) 

 Vitamin H (Biotin) 

 Vitamin K (Phylloquinone)

Essential food for vitamin supply