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Vitamins and Vitamin Containing Drugs
Vitamins and Vitamin Containing Drugs
Vitamins and Vitamin Containing Drugs
Sources
FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a term applied to all derivatives of p-ionone, other
than the carotenoids, that possess the biologic activity of all-trans
retinol.
Retinol is the major natural form of the vitamin, but known forms
include the acetate and palmitate esters of the alcohol and such
oxidation products as retinal, retinoic add, and 3-dehydroretinol. The
ester forms have good stability characteristics, and the acetate and
palmitate esters of synthetically prepared all-trans retinol are the
major commercial forms of vitamin A.
Sources
Fish liver oils are the richest known natural sources of the vitamin
and formerly were its primary commercial sources.
Vitamin D
Sources
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Sources
Thiamin (B1)
Riboflavin (B2)
Niacin (B3)
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Folic Acid
Biotin
Function: Helps metabolize fats, protein, and
carbohydrate
Pantothenic Acid
Vitamin C