Important Vitamins Required in Human Beings

                       VITAMINS

          Fat  Soluble Vitamins.

Vitamin A :

Chemical name : Retinol

Sources: Milk,Egg, Carrot,Cabbage , Green vegetable, Cheese, Tomato, Cod liver oil

Deficiency Diseases: Colour blindness, Xerophthalmia.

Vitamin D: 

Chemical name: Calciferol

Sources : Sunlit, egg yolk, fish oil

Deficiency Diseases: Rickets ( in children) , Osteomalacia ( in adults)

Vitamin E:

Chemical name: Tocopherol

Sources: Green vegetables, oils, wheat, butter,milk, animal tissues

Deficiency Diseases: Reversible sterility

Vitamin K:

Chemical name : Phylloquinone

Sources: Tomato, soybean, milk, butter,spinach

Deficiency Diseases : Non- clotting of blood

Water Soluble Vitamins

Vitamin B1 : 

Chemical name : Thymine

Sources:  Rice bran, liver, whole wheat flour, meat, ground but, yeast, egg

Deficiency Diseases: Beriberi

Vitamin B2: 

Chemical name : Riboflavin

Sources: Cheese, egg, tomato, green vegetables, cereal

Deficiency Diseases : Cracking of skin, red dish eye

Vitamin B3: 

Chemical name : Niacin

Sources: Milk, fresh meat, liver, pulses, cereal, yeast

Deficiency Diseases : Pellagra

Vitamin B6 :

Chemical name : Pyridoxine 

Sources : Liver, meat, cereals, yeast

Deficiency Diseases: Dermatitis, anaemia

Vitamin B7:

Chemical name : Biotin

Sources: Eggs, wheat, chocolate,, fruits

Deficiency Diseases: Skins lesions, weakness, hairfall

Vitamin B9:

Chemical name : Folic acid

Sources : Green vegetables, Meat, Eggs, soyabean

Deficiency Diseases : Megaloblastic anaemia, retarded growth

Vitamin B12: 

Chemical name : Cynocobalamin

Sources : Meat, fish,liver, eggs, milk, 

Deficiency Diseases:  Pernicious anaemia, jaundice teroile glutemic

vitamin C:

Chemical name: Ascorbic acid

Sources: Lemon, orange, other citrus fruits.

Deficiency  Diseases : Scurvy, Swelling of gum