Vitamins occur in a variety of related forms known as vitamers. A vitamer (/ˈvaɪtəmər/) of a particular vitamin is one of several related compounds that...
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good source of proteins, vitamin A, riboflavin (vitamin B2 vitamer), niacin (vitamin B3 vitamer), vitamin B12, iron, phosphorus and zinc. Kidneys, along...
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Vitamins are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic...
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Nutrient (section Vitamins and vitamers)
fatty acid). Vitamins occur in a variety of related forms known as vitamers. The vitamers of a given vitamin perform the functions of that vitamin and prevent...
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Chemistry of ascorbic acid (category Vitamers)
often encountered: it occurs naturally in many foods, and is one form ("vitamer") of vitamin C, an essential nutrient for humans and many animals. Deficiency...
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in alkaline solution, followed by the addition of methyl iodide. This vitamer, along with adenosylcobalamin, is one of two active coenzymes used by vitamin...
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and position of methyl groups on the chromanol ring. All eight of these vitamers feature a chromane double ring, with a hydroxyl group that can donate a...
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Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a vitamer of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It is produced by plants and animals...
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vitamin A vitamers. There are also what are referred to as 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation retinoids which are not considered vitamin A vitamers because they...
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megaloblastic anemia with concurrent vitamin B 12 deficiency using B 12 vitamers (including cyanocobalamin), creates the possibility of hypokalemia due...
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Vitamin K (category Vitamers)
Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements. The human body requires vitamin K...
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activity in a vitamin-deficient biological system, they are referred to as vitamers. The vitamin activity is as a coenzyme, meaning that its presence is required...
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likelihood of toxicity. A tissue culture study, however, showed that all B6 vitamers that could be converted into active coenzymes (pyridoxal, pyridoxine and...
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combination with nitrites. Hydroxocobalamin Hydroxocobalamin, a form (or vitamer) of vitamin B12 made by bacteria, and sometimes denoted vitamin B12a, is...
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both β-carotene and retinol are simply considered to be different forms (vitamers) of vitamin A. "Provitamin B5" is a name for panthenol, which may be converted...
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distinguished from folic acid (vitamin B9). However, folinic acid is a vitamer for folic acid and has the full vitamin activity of this vitamin. Levofolinic...
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and in some cases, may have adverse effects on health. Several forms (vitamers) of vitamin D exist, with the two major forms being vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol...
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and vitamin B6, which occur in several chemically related forms known as vitamers, riboflavin is only one chemical compound. It is a starting compound in...
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in their diet, most of which are actually groups of related molecules, "vitamers", (e.g. vitamin E includes tocopherols and tocotrienols, vitamin K includes...
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increases the probability of lung cancer in smokers while its natural vitamer, retinol, increases lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers. The effect is...
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Vitamin D (disambiguation) (section Vitamin D vitamers)
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones. Vitamin D may also refer to: Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) 22-Dihydroergocalciferol...
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referred to as niacin, is a vitamin family that includes three forms, or vitamers: niacin (nicotinic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide), and nicotinamide...
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Pyridoxal phosphate (section From vitamers)
Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, P5P), the active form of vitamin B6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions. The International...
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Sodium ascorbate (category Vitamers)
Sodium ascorbate is one of a number of mineral salts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). The molecular formula of this chemical compound is C6H7NaO6. As the...
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Adenosylcobalamin (category Vitamers)
Adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), also known as coenzyme B12, cobamamide, and dibencozide, is, along with methylcobalamin (MeCbl), one of the biologically active...
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Ligand isomerism Nuclear isomer Stereocenter Structural isomerism Tautomer Vitamer Petrucci, Ralph H.; Harwood, William S.; Herring, F. Geoffrey (2002). General...
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Cholecalciferol (category Vitamers)
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 or colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D that is produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light; it is found...
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Ergocalciferol (category Vitamers)
Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2 and nonspecifically calciferol, is a type of vitamin D found in food and used as a dietary supplement. As a supplement...
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cyclase epsilon. Along with several other carotenoids, γ-carotene is a vitamer of vitamin A in herbivores and omnivores. Carotenoids with a cyclized,...
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