List of Vitamins their deficiency disease and food sources
A vitamin is an organic compound required by an organism as a vital nutrient in limited amounts. An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin. Vitamins are essential for the normal growth and development of a multicellular organism.
No. | Vitamin | Deficiency Disease | Food Sources |
---|---|---|---|
1. |
Vitamin A | Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis, and Keratomalacia | Liver, orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, fish, soy milk, milk |
2. |
Vitamin B1 | Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome | Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs |
3. |
Vitamin B2 | Ariboflavinosis, Glossitis, Angular stomatitis | Dairy products, bananas, popcorn, green beans, asparagus |
4. |
Vitamin B3 | Pellagra | Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts |
5. |
Vitamin B5 | Paresthesia | Meat, broccoli, avocados |
6. |
Vitamin B6 | Anemia peripheral neuropathy. | Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, bananas |
7. |
Vitamin B7 | Dermatitis, enteritis | Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, leafy green vegetables |
8. |
Vitamin B9 | Megaloblastic anemia and Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects | Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver |
9. |
Vitamin B12 | Megaloblastic anemia | Meat and other animal products |
10. |
Vitamin C | Scurvy | Many fruits and vegetables, liver |
11. |
Vitamin D | Rickets and Osteomalacia | Fish, eggs, liver, mushrooms |
12. |
Vitamin E | Deficiency is very rare; sterility in males and abortions in females, mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants | Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds |
13. |
Vitamin K | Bleeding diathesis | Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, egg yolks, liver |
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