Article: vitamin B5

Article: vitamin B3
A Dictionary of Zoology;      5 words ...vitamin B3 See PANTOTHENIC ACID .

Article: Pantothenic Acid
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Pantothenic acid Description Pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B 5 , is...hormones, vitamin D , red blood...acetylcholine. Pantothenic acid is necessary...amount of the vitamin content of foods. Pantothenic acid is fairly...

Article: vitamin B complex
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition;      67 words ...vitamin B complex An old‐fashioned term for the various B vitamins: vitamin B1 (thiamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), niacin , vitamin B6 , vitamin B12 , folate , biotin , and pantothenic acid . These vitamins occur together in cereal germ, liver...

Article: Vitamins and Coenzymes
Biology;      700+ words ......teeth, and tendons. Vitamin C also plays roles in...and metabolism . The B vitamins act as part of coenzymes...new compounds. The B vitamins riboflavin, thiamin, niacin, pantothenic acid, and biotin help the...for the body's cells. Vitamin B 6 assists in the synthesis...Phosphorus, ...

Article: Vitamins
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ......thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and vitamin C (ascorbic acid...deficiencies in vitamin B 6 , riboflavin, or pantothenic acid have not been...nutrients, including vitamin B 6 , riboflavin, and pantothenic acid. Rarely, deficiency...

Article: FAQs about Vitamin D.(human nutrition)
Vegetarian Journal;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN D HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY. Researchers are looking...ranging from multiple sclerosis to depression to cancer. Vitamin D has long been known to be important for bone health and...orange juice and to many brands of calcium supplements. Vitamin D has always been looked on as an unusual ...

Article: Vitamin D
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin D Description Vitamin D, also known as calciferol, is essential for strong teeth and bones. There are two major forms of vitamin D: D 2 or ergocalciferol and D 3 or cholecarciferol. Vitamin D can...

Article: vitamin
A Dictionary of Biology;      510 words ......ergosterol is converted to vitamin D in the presence of...of (and synthesizes) vitamin A. 1932 Hungarian-born...independently isolate vitamin C (ascorbic acid). 1933...independently synthesize vitamin C. US chemist Roger Williams...1988) discovers the B vitamin pantothenic ...

Article: Vitamin K
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin K Description Vitamin K originates from the German term koajulation . It is also known as antihemorrhagic factor, and is one of the four fat-soluble vitamins necessary for good health. The others are vitamins A, D, and E. The...

Article: The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement.(Recently Published Abstracts)(Author abstract)
Alternative Medicine Review;  December 1, 2006 ;     205 words ...Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D(2)) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D(3)). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence...

Article: Vitamin K and bone health.(Therapeutic Nutrition)
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......many years after its discovery in 1935, vitamin K was recognized only as a necessary cofactor...coagulation cascade. A synthetic form of vitamin K was subsequently created by the pharmaceutical...treatment of coagulation disorders due to vitamin K deficiency or interference with vitamin...

Article: Vitamin E
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin E Description Vitamin E is an antioxidant responsible for proper functioning of the immune...tocopherol). Gamma tocopherol accounts for approximately 75% of dietary vitamin E. Vitamin E rich foods include nuts, cereals, beans, eggs, cold-pressed...

Article: Present status and development trend of the vitamin industry in China.(Fine Chemicals)
China Chemical Reporter;  August 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The vitamin industry in China started towards the end of the 1950s. Vitamin production at that time was mainly intended to provide...pharmaceutical production. In the 1970s several varieties of vitamin B could be produced in China and the development of...

Article: Vitamin C
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin C Description Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is naturally produced in fruits and vegetables. The vitamin, which can be taken in dietary or supplementary form, is absorbed by the intestines. That which the body cannot absorb is excreted in the...