Vitamins: an Introduction

  1. Definitions
A. Organic
1. Contain carbon
B. Not synthesized by the body
1. Essential that diet supply vitamins
C. Needed in small amounts
1. milligram (mg) quantities (1/1000 of a gram)
2. microgram (mg) quantities 1/1,000,000 of a gram)
D. Dietary deficiency disease
1. Disease cured by repletion of vitamin
E. Derived from plants and animals primarily
1. Some vitamins come from microbes
a. Vitamin K, B12
2. Vitamins exist in several states
a. Natural vs Synthetic

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