Classify vitamins with their deficiency diseases.
Classify vitamins with their deficiency diseases.
Vitamins: These are nutrients that are an essential component of our body for the maintenance of proper physiological, biochemical and metabolic functioning.
Classification of vitamins with their deficiency diseases are:
- Vitamin A: It is a vitamin that is fat-soluble. Its deficiency causes night blindness where retinal rod cells
- Vitamin B-complex: It is a water-soluble vitamin complex comprising the following:
- Vitamin B1: This vitamin also known as Thiamine is required for the proper function of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Its deficiency causes Beriberi.
- Vitamin B2: This vitamin is also known as Riboflavin. It is required for the production of red blood cells, and the body's growth. Its deficiency causes Cheilosis. It is characterized by symptoms like fissures that appear at the edges of the mouth and a loss of appetite.
- Vitamin B3: This vitamin also known as Niacin helps in the conversion of food into energy and its deficiency causes Pellagra. It shows symptoms such as mental changes, and painful sores on the tongue.
- Vitamin B5: Also called Panthothenic acid, its deficiency causes neurological disorders.
- Vitamin B6: This vitamin is also known as Pyridoxine. It helps in the production of antibodies and its deficiency causes pellagra. The symptoms include fissures above the lips and mouth, dermatitis around the ears, and nose.
- Vitamin B12: This vitamin also known as Cobalamin helps in the functioning of the brain. Its deficiency causes Pernicious anemia.
3. Vitamin C: This vitamin is also known as Ascorbic acid. It helps in the proper functioning of immunity of the body and its deficiency causes Scurvy. It is characterized by the bleeding of gums and intramuscular hemorrhage.
4. Vitamin D: This vitamin also known as calciferol helps in bone formation and calcification. Its deficiency causes Rickets in children and Osteomalacia in adults.
5. Vitamin E: This vitamin also known as Tocopherol helps in boosting the immune system and prevents blood clots, and its deficiency causes sterility.
6. Vitamin K: Also known as Phylloquinone, it is a clotting factor. Its deficiency causes Pellagra.
Vitamins: These are nutrients that are an essential component of our body for the maintenance of proper physiological, biochemical and metabolic functioning.
Classification of vitamins with their deficiency diseases are:
- Vitamin A: It is a vitamin that is fat-soluble. Its deficiency causes night blindness where retinal rod cells
- Vitamin B-complex: It is a water-soluble vitamin complex comprising the following:
- Vitamin B1: This vitamin also known as Thiamine is required for the proper function of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Its deficiency causes Beriberi.
- Vitamin B2: This vitamin is also known as Riboflavin. It is required for the production of red blood cells, and the body's growth. Its deficiency causes Cheilosis. It is characterized by symptoms like fissures that appear at the edges of the mouth and a loss of appetite.
- Vitamin B3: This vitamin also known as Niacin helps in the conversion of food into energy and its deficiency causes Pellagra. It shows symptoms such as mental changes, and painful sores on the tongue.
- Vitamin B5: Also called Panthothenic acid, its deficiency causes neurological disorders.
- Vitamin B6: This vitamin is also known as Pyridoxine. It helps in the production of antibodies and its deficiency causes pellagra. The symptoms include fissures above the lips and mouth, dermatitis around the ears, and nose.
- Vitamin B12: This vitamin also known as Cobalamin helps in the functioning of the brain. Its deficiency causes Pernicious anemia.
3. Vitamin C: This vitamin is also known as Ascorbic acid. It helps in the proper functioning of immunity of the body and its deficiency causes Scurvy. It is characterized by the bleeding of gums and intramuscular hemorrhage.
4. Vitamin D: This vitamin also known as calciferol helps in bone formation and calcification. Its deficiency causes Rickets in children and Osteomalacia in adults.
5. Vitamin E: This vitamin also known as Tocopherol helps in boosting the immune system and prevents blood clots, and its deficiency causes sterility.
6. Vitamin K: Also known as Phylloquinone, it is a clotting factor. Its deficiency causes Pellagra.
