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Bookmark or Share- Vitamin | Definition, Types, & Facts | BritannicaVitamin, any of several organic substances that are necessary in small quantities for normal health and growth in higher forms of animal life. Vitamins generally cannot be synthesized in amounts sufficient to meet bodily needs and therefore must be obtained from the diet or from some synthetic source.
- What are vitamins, and how do they work? - Medical News TodayA vitamin is an organic compound, which means that it contains carbon. It is also an essential nutrient that the body may need to get from food. There are currently 13 recognized vitamins....
- 9 Vitamins and Minerals You Should Take DailyWhat vitamins should you take daily? It is estimated that about half of American adults take some type of vitamin or mineral supplement. “People might take supplements if they know they’re missing a certain food group,” says Patton.
- Vitamins and Minerals | NCCIHThe known vitamins are vitamins A, C, D, E, and K and the B vitamins: thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), biotin, and folate/folic acid.
- Vitamin - WikipediaVitamins are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic function. Essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the organism in sufficient quantities for survival, and therefore must be obtained through the diet.
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