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    There are 13 types of vitamins. Vitamin deficiencies can cause various diseases and symptoms, such as psoriasis and low sperm count from vitamin A deficiency, rickets and osteomalcia from vitamin D deficiency, and scurvy from vitamin C deficiency. Vitamins play important roles like vitamin E's role as an antioxidant and vitamin K's role in blood clotting and preventing hemorrhage.

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    There are 13 types of vitamins. Vitamin deficiencies can cause various diseases and symptoms, such as psoriasis and low sperm count from vitamin A deficiency, rickets and osteomalcia from vitamin D deficiency, and scurvy from vitamin C deficiency. Vitamins play important roles like vitamin E's role as an antioxidant and vitamin K's role in blood clotting and preventing hemorrhage.

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    There are 13 types of vitamins. Vitamin deficiencies can cause various diseases and symptoms, such as psoriasis and low sperm count from vitamin A deficiency, rickets and osteomalcia from vitamin D deficiency, and scurvy from vitamin C deficiency. Vitamins play important roles like vitamin E's role as an antioxidant and vitamin K's role in blood clotting and preventing hemorrhage.

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    VITAMINS

    1. There are 13 types of vitamins.

    2. There are 10 compounds of Vit. D.

    3. Choline, Inositol , Lopoic acid and PABA are water soluble and thermoliable.

    4. Vit. A (Retinol) was discovered by MC Collumin in 1915.

    5. Carotenoids are provitamin A.

    6. Vit. A. NOT occur in vegetables oils.

    7. Vit. A. deficiency casue Psoriasis (skin patches) and Digospermia (Low sperm count).

    8. Vit. D. deficiency cause rickets in children and osteomalcia in adults.

    9. Ergosterol is other name of Vit. D.

    10. D2 and D3 have same physiological actions in man.

    11. vitamin C & D is associated with Ca ions and B6 with K+ ions

    12. Kyphosis is backward protude spines of vertebral column.

    13. Tetany occur when serum Ca ions falls to 1 mg % ( Normal is 9-10 mg)

    14. Vit. E is important in reproduction fertility as "toco" means childbirth "phero" means to bear.

    15. Vit. E act as anti-oxidant. Genentech , Cetus and hybritech are biotech pharma companies.

    16. Vit. K is coagulation vitamin prevents haemorrhage through blood clotting.

    17. Vit. C inhibit scurvy ( L-Ascorbic)

    18. Iron is absorbed in Fe2+ form.

    19. Vit. B deficiency cause Beri- Beri weakness ( I can not ).

    20. Vit B2 deficiency cause aribo flavi nosis.

    21. Vit. B7 also known as Biotin and B9 as folic acid.

    22. Folic acid B9 is present upto 60 % in liver.

    23. Folate aids in synthesis of DNA.

    24. B12 is absent in plants but present in animals.

    25. Nobel laureates Hargobind and W. Gilbert are associated with development of Bio-technology.

    26. Base is also known as proton acceptor.

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