Vitamins and their Chemical Names, Properties and Deficiency Diseases
Vitamin A - Retinol
Properties – General health giving vitamin, can
be stored in liver
Deficiency Disease - Night blindness
Vitamin B1 - Thiamine
Properties – For growth, Carbohydrate
metabolism, functioning of heart
Deficiency Disease – Beri-Beri
Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin
Properties – for keeping skin and mouth healthy
Deficiency Disease – Cheilosis
Vitamin B5 - Niacin
Properties – For healthy skin, sound mental
health
Deficiency Disease – Pellagra
Vitamin B5 - Pyridoxine
Properties – Processing of proteins and for
nervous system
Deficiency Disease – Convulsions in child
Vitamin B12 - Cyanocobalamin, Hydroxycobalamin, Methylcobalamin
Properties – Required for formation and
maturation of RBCs
Deficiency Disease – Pernicious Anaemia
Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid
Properties – For keeping teeth, gums and joints
healthy. Gets destroyed on heating
Deficiency Disease – Scurvy
Vitamin D - Cholecalciferol
Properties – For normal bones and teeth, can be
stored in liver
Deficiency Disease – Rickets
Vitamin E - Tocopherols, Tocotrienols
Properties – For normal reproduction, removes
scares and wrinkles
Deficiency Disease – Sterility
Vitamin K - Phylloquinone, Menaquinones
Properties – For normal cloning of blood
Deficiency Disease – Haemophilia