Vitamin Name
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Chemical Name
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Food source
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Deficiency Disease
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Vitamin A
|
Retinol
|
Cod liver oil
|
Night blindness, Keratomalacia
|
Vitamin B1
|
Thiamine
|
Rice bran
|
Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
|
Vitamin B2
|
Riboflavin
|
Eggs
|
Ariboflavinosis
|
Vitamin B3
|
Niacin, niacinamide
|
Liver
|
Pellagra
|
Vitamin B5
|
Pantothenic acid
|
Liver
|
Paresthesia
|
Vitamin B6
|
Pyridoxine
|
Rice bran
|
Anemia, peripheral neuropathy.
|
Vitamin B7
|
Biotin
|
Liver
|
Dermatitis, enteritis
|
Vitamin B9
|
Folic acid, folinic acid
|
Liver
|
Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects
|
Vitamin B12
|
Cyanocobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, methylcobalamin
|
Liver
|
Megaloblastic anemia
|
Vitamin C
|
Ascorbic acid
|
Lemons
|
Scurvy
|
Vitamin D
|
Ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol
|
Cod liver oil
|
Rickets and Osteomalacia
|
Vitamin E
|
Tocopherols, tocotrienols
|
Wheat germ oil and liver
|
Sterility, Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants
|
Vitamin K
|
phylloquinone, menaquinones
|
Alfalfa
|
Hemophilia, Bleeding diathesis
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