Vitamin B11 (Pteryl-hepta-glutamic acid) is a form of Vitamin B9 (Folic acid), one of five folates necessary for humans, and now known as ‘chick growth factor. Vitamin B11, also called salicylic acid, comes from vitamin B9. It is an essential folate the Read More …
Month: August 2018
Vitamin B10; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin B10 also known as PABA (para amino benzoic acid), is an essential vitamin belonging to the class of B complex vitamins. Earlier, vitamin B10 was referred to as vitamin R, but it has recently been renamed to PABA. Para-aminobenzoic Read More …
Vitamin B9, Food Source, Deficiency Symptoms, Health Benefit
Vitamin B9 is one of the B vitamins. Folic acid is a form of vitamin B-9 that can dissolve in water. It is a key ingredient in the making of the nucleic acid that forms part of all genetic material.The recommended daily intake Read More …
Vitamin B8 / Inositol; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin B8 also known as inositol is a water-soluble vitamin that is required in very small amounts in the body. As it is a water-soluble vitamin, it is not stored in the body and excess amounts of it is flushed Read More …
Vitamin B7; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin B7 also known as biotin, vitamin H or vitamin B8, is a water-soluble vitamin, required by all organisms and is classified as a B-complex vitamin. There are eight different stereoisomers of biotin, but only one of them, D-biotin, occurs Read More …
Vitamin B6; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin B6 refers to a group of chemically similar compounds which can be interconverted in biological systems. Vitamin B6 is part of the vitamin B group of essential nutrients. Its active form, pyridoxal 5′-phosphate, serves as a coenzyme in some 100 Read More …
Pantothenic Acid ; Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Pantothenic Acid is a water-soluble vitamin ubiquitously found in plants and animal tissues with antioxidant properties. Vitamin B5 is a component of coenzyme A (CoA) and a part of the vitamin B2 complex. Vitamin B5 is a growth factor and is essential for various Read More …
Choline; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Choline is a basic constituent of lecithin that is found in many plants and animal organs. It is important as a precursor of acetylcholine, as a methyl donor in various metabolic processes, and in lipid metabolism. Choline is now considered to be an Read More …
Niacin; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is converted to its active form niacinamide, which is a component of the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide Read More …
Vitamin B2; Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin B2/Riboflavin is an essential human nutrient that is a heat-stable and water-soluble flavin belonging to the vitamin B family. Riboflavin is a precursor of the coenzymes flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). These coenzymes are of vital Read More …
Vitamin B1, Types, Deficiency Symptoms, Health Benefit
Vitamin B1 / Thiamine is a vitamin found in food and manufactured as a dietary supplement and medication. Food sources of thiamine include whole grains, legumes, and some meats and fish. Grain processing removes much of the thiamine content, so in many countries, cereals Read More …
Vitamin K; Types, Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source, Health Benefit
Vitamin K is a group of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamins that the human body requires for complete synthesis of certain proteins that are prerequisites for blood coagulation (K from Koagulation, Danish for “coagulation”) and which the body also needs for controlling binding of calcium in bones and other Read More …