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Vitamins

The vitamins Are A,B,C,D,E,K


MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF VITAMINS PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS MAINTENANCE OF BODY FUNCTIONS METABOLIC PROCESS

PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
VITAMINS A E K C FUNCTIONS VISUAL PERCEPTION FERTILITTY IN ANIMALS CLOTTING OF BLOOD IMMUNITY AGAINST INFECTIONS HELPS IN PROCESS OF GROWTH

MAINTENANCE OF BODY TISSUES


VITAMINS A B2(RIBOFLAVIN) D E B1(THIAMINE) B12(COBALAMINE) FUNCTIONS MAINTAINING EPITHELIAL TISSUES MAINTAINING EPITHELIAL TISSUES MAINTENANCE OF BONES REJUVENATION OF TISSUES NOURISHMENT TO NERVE TISSUES MATURATION OF ERYTHROCYTES (PERNICIOUS ANEMIA)

METABOLIC PROCESS
VITAMINS D(CALCIFEROL) E B1 (THIAMINE) B2 (RIBOFLAVIN) B5 (NIACIN) B6(PYRIDOXINE) B7(BIOTIN) FUNCTIONS CALCIUM&PHOSPOROUS METABOLISM ANTIOXIDANT TISSUE METABOLISM,OXIDATION OF GLUCOSE IN CNS CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OXIDATIVE REDUCTION REACTIONS NORMAL METABOLISM OF AMINOACIDS&FAT(DERMATITIS) Oxidative metabolism

Vitamin deficiency ailments


Vitamins A(RETINOL) diseases
1. ATROPY OF LACRYMAL GLANDS XEROSIS XEROPHTHALMIA NYCTALOPIA

effects seen
REDUCTION IN TEARS

2. 3. 4.

CORNEAL EPITHILIUM RED &DRY BITOTS SPOT APPEAR CORNEA NECROSED&INFECTED NIGHT BLINDNESS

OSTEOMALASIA IN ADULTS RICKETS IN CHILDREN

DEFECTIVE CALCIFICATION OF BONES

D(CALCIFEROL,SUN
SHINE VITAMIN)

E K B1(THIAMINE) B2(RIBOFLAVIN) B5(NIACIN) B6(PYRIDOXINE)

STERILITY HAEMORHAGIC DISORDER

UNABLE TO REPRODUCE (RARE IN HUMAN)


PROBLEM IN BLOOD COAGULATION

BERIBERI _

NERVOUS&CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
LOSS OF APPETITE,GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS,FISSURES APPEAR AT EDGES OF MOUTH

PELLAGRA _

MENTAL CHANGES,DERMATITIS,STOMATITIS DERMATITIS,FISSURES

PERNICIOUS ANEMIA B12(COBALAMINE)

NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS_SPINALCORD

SCURVY

BLEEDING GUMS,LOOSENING TEETH&FALLING,COLLAGEN&CONNECTIVE

TISSUE PROTIENS NOT SYNTHESIZED PROPERLY

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