Scientific Name of Vitamins and their Food Sources, Deficiency Chart

In this guide you will know about the scientific name of vitamins and their food sources with deficiency charts in tabular form. Keep reading this article!

What are Vitamins?

In 1881 Scientist Lunin at first examined that protein, fat and water is not enough for body growth. So, there is a need for a food that can supply complete nutrition to the body. Scientist Hopkins called this type of food an essential food source of the human body. In 1911 Scientist Casimir Funk called this type of food Vitamin.

Vitamins are classified according to their soluble nature. There are two types of vitamins; one is Fat soluble vitamins and other is Water soluble vitamins.

Vitamin A, D, E, and K are Fat soluble vitamins and Vitamin B, C and P are Water soluble vitamins.

Scientific Name of Vitamins, Food Sources, and Deficiency Chart

Vitamins	Chemical names	Chemical formulas	Food sources	Deficiency diseases
A	Retinol	C20H29OH C10H27OH	cod,carrot,milk,butter,fish,egg,green vegetables,liver,orange	Night blindness,hyperkeratosis
B1	Thiamine	C12H17ON4S	egg,nuts,carrot,vegetables,brown rice,beans	Beriberi,loss of apetite,heart disease
B2	Riboflavin	C17H20O6N4	liver,egg,milk,green vegetables,nuts	Ariboflavinosis,hair fall,skin diseases
B3	Niacin or pantothenic acid	C9H17O5N	liver,egg,meat,milk,peas,potatoes	Liver disease,pellagra
B6	Pyridoxine	C8H11O3N	milk,egg,fish,meat,green vegetables,bananas	Anemia,sleeping disorder
B12	Sinocobalamin	C63H88O14N14PCO	fish,meat,mil,egg	slow growth level,anemia
C	Ascorbic acid	C6H8O6	milk,fish,meat,tomatoes,Fruits and vegetables	Scurvy
D	Calciferol	C28H48OH	cod,milk,egg,butter,vegetables,liver	Rickets,osteomalacia
E	Tocopherol	C28H48O2	egg,fish,meat,fruits and vegetables	Sterility
G	Niacin or Nicotinic acid	C6H5O2N	egg,fish,meat,milk,liver,tomatoes,beans	pelegra,anemia,underweight
K	Phylloquinone or Napthoquinone	C31H45O2	sea fish,egg,milk,meat,vegetables,tomatoes	Bleeding diathesis
M	Folic acid	C19H19O6N7	egg,liver,green vegetables	anemia,slow growth
P	Citrin	SLC25A13	orange,mango,tomatoes,vegetables and fruits,egg,meat	scurvy

Classification of Vitamins

Fat-Soluble Vitamins:

• Vitamin A.
• Vitamin D.
• Vitamin E.
• Vitamin K.

Water-Soluble Vitamins:

• Biotin.
• Niacin.
• Pyridine.
• Thiamine.
• Vitamin C.
• Folic acid.
• Riboflavin.
• Vitamin B12.
• Pantothenic acid.