Vitamins
| Vitamin A | |
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This the most important vitamin was the first one to get an official denomination. That’s why he was given a name after the first letter of the Latin ... Read more |
| Vitamin B1 (thiamin) | |
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In human body thiamine connects two molecules of phosphoric acid and converts into Thiamine pyrophosphate. Read more |
| Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) | |
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Ribophlavin got its name for its golden colours (flavus is latin for “yellow”) Read more |
| Vitamin B3 (PP, niacin) | |
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To be precise, in this case it would be more correct to talk not about vitamin, but a group or family of the vitamin PP, which is composed of two chem... Read more |
| Vitamin B6 | |
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Just like vitamins B1 and B2 are involved in providing the body with energy, the vitamin B6 holds an important role in the creation of protein molecul... Read more |
| Vitamin B9 (Bc, folic acid) | |
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The name of this vitamin - folic acid - comes from the Latin word “folium” – “leaf” because vitamin B9 contains mainly in green leafy vegetables. Anot... Read more |
| Vitamin B12 | |
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Vitamin B12 is a complex organic compound of cobalt with a cyanogen group, wherein the amount of cobalt therein reaches 4.5%. Read more |
| Vitamin C | |
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The biological role of vitamin C due to its involvement in many redox reactions as well as in the biosynthesis of special connective tissue proteins: ... Read more |
| Vitamin D | |
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A vitamin, born with the light, they called it... Its another name is calciferol, “Carrying calcium”. Read more |
| Vitamin E | |
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Tocopherol was discovered in 1922 and got the number 5 in alphabetical order. Hence the name – vitamin E. Read more |
| Vitamin H | |
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Biotin was discovered in 1901 by Uilders who established an agent for yeast growth and called it "BIOS"… Read more |
| Vitamin K | |
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Among the many useful and necessary for our body substances, there is a vitamin that is often overlooked. This is vitamin K. Read more |
