Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine is another water soluble vitamin and a member of the B complex vitamins. The vitamin is actually three compounds: pyridoxal, pyridoxine and pyridoxamine all of which can become the active B6. A daily supply is necessary as it is not stored and excreted in the urine within eight hours from ingestion. [...]
Pantothenic Acid or B5 is a member of the B complex vitamins. It is a water soluble nutrient that occurs in every living cell of all forms of life. It is a part of coenzyme A (CoA)-a combination of pantothenic acid + ADP (adenosine diphosphate) + amino acid cysteine. B5 is vital in cellular metabolism-carbohydrates, [...]
Vitamin B3 is one of the water soluble nutrients and a member of the B complex vitamins. It exists in two forms- nicotinic acid (niacin) and nicotinamide (niacinamide). Both forms of the vitamin perform the functions attributed to niacin. Its action as a coenzyme is to assist enzymes in the breakdown and utilization of carbohydrates, [...]
Vitamin B2 known also as riboflavin is a member of the B-complex group and a member of the water-soluble vitamins. It is found naturally in the same foods in which other B vitamins are found. Riboflavin is a component of two coenzymes FMN (flavin mononucleotide and FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide). The name comes from [...]
Thiamin or Vitamin B1 is a water-soluble vitamin that functions as a coenzyme necessary for the breakdown of carbohydrates that produce energy in the form of glucose. Thiamin it is referred some times as the “morale vitamin” because of its effect on a healthy nervous system and improving learning capacity.
The name Thiamin (Thiamine) comes [...]
The B vitamin family or other ways collectively known as vitamin B-complex are water-soluble substances. They were discovered in the early 1900s and can be cultivated from bacteria, yeasts and molds. The B-complex vitamins action is in providing the body with energy by converting carbohydrates to glucose. They are also vital in the metabolism of [...]
Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid, L-ascorbate, is an essential nutrient - another member of the water-soluble vitamins. The others are the B complex vitamins. It was first isolated in 1928 by Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi a Hungarian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner. The presence of ascorbate is uniquely important for health and wellbeing.
It is required for essential metabolic [...]
Vitamin E is a fat soluble nutrient(vitamin), composed of a group of eight compounds - four tocopherols and four tocotrienols named after the first 4 letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma, delta).
Each member of the entire group has varying degrees of biological activity with RRR isomer of alpha-tocopherol the most active form. Alpha-tocopherol [...]
Vitamin K is another member of the fat-soluble vitamin group such as Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin A. Vitamin K is essential and commonly known to aid in blood clotting or coagulation. It has been named “K” from a Danish researcher that first noted the relationship between the vitamin and Koagulation (Danish spelling).
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Vitamin D is a member of the fat-soluble vitamins that includes Vitamin A, Vitamin K and Vitamin E. Vitamun D is also known as Calciferol and as the “sunshine” vitamin. The status as a vitamin is ambiguous as skin cells in the presence of sun light (UVB radiation) are capable of synthesizing it from a [...]
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