Vitamins and their sources:
Vitamins |
Chemical name |
Solubility |
Deficiency Diseases due to lack of vitamin |
Sources for vitamin |
Vitamin A | Retinol | Fat | Night blindness, colour blindness | Milk, egg, cheese, green vegetables, ripe yellow fruits, cod liver oil, carrot, pumpkin etc. |
Vitamin B1 | Thiamine | Water | Beriberi, Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome | Pork, brown rice, Ground nuts pulses, egg, vegetables etc. |
Vitamin B2 | Riboflavin | Water | Cracking of skin, red dish eye, cracking of tongue | Banana , green vegetables, milk |
Vitamin B3 | Niacin, Niacinamide, Nicotinamide riboside | Water | Pellagra | Meat , fish, egg, mushrooms , tree nut, tomato, sugarcane etc. |
Vitamin B5 | Pantothenic Acid | Water | Paraesthesia | Meat, broccoli, avocados etc. |
Vitamin B6 | Pyridoxin, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal | Water | Anaemia, skin disease, Peripheral neuropathy | Vegetables, meat, grains etc. |
Vitamin B7 | Biotin | Water | Dermatitis, body pain, hair fall | Meat, Raw, egg, liver, milk, yolk, peanuts, leafy green vegetables etc. |
Vitamin 9 | Folates, folic acid | Water | Deficiency during pregnancy which is associated with birth defects. | Leafy vegetables, bread, Cereal, liver etc. |
Vitamin B12 | Cyanocobalamin, Hydroxocobalamin, Methyl cobalamin, Adenosyl cobalamin | Water | Anaemia, Jaundice | Meat, Poultry, fish, Egg, milk etc. |
Vitamin C | Ascorbic acid | Water | Scurvy, swelling of gums or bleeding gum | Citrus fruits like orange, amla and vegetables |
Vitamin D | Cholecalciferol(D3),
Ergocalciferol(D2)
|
Fat | Rickets and Osteomalacia | Egg, liver, mushrooms, fish etc. |
Vitamin E | Tocopherols | Fat | Less fertility | Many fruits, and vegetables, nuts, seeds, seed oils |
Vitamin K | Phylloquinone | Fat | Bleeding diathesis | Leafy vegetables, egg, yolk, liver |