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Vitamins
Vitamins
Organic substances
Daily
allowance
Vitamin A
Retinol
1 mg
Vitamin D
Ergocalciferol
3 g
Vitamin E
Tocopherol
10 mg
Vitamin K
Phylloquinone 100 g
Characteristics
Fat soluble
Heat stable
Retinol (Vitamin A)
Functions
Functioning of retina
Growth of bone
Anti infective
Deficiency
Night Blindness
Treatment
Preventive measures
Improve diet
Prophylactic treatment:
Oral Vitamin A in oil (retinol palmitate)
children 1 to 6 years - 200,000 IU
children 6 months to 1 year - 100,000 IU
Toxicity
Skin desquamation
Liver damage
Papillar oedema
Alopecia
Fetal malformations
Calciferol (Vitamin D)
Functions
Acts as a hormone
Deficiency
In children - rickets
In adults - osteomalacia
Toxicity
Tocoferol (Vitamin E )
Functions
Deficiency
Toxicity
Phylloquinone (Vitamin K)
Functions
Deficiency