Study notes on "VITAMINS" (Part-II) ► for SSC & ACIO IB

(Solubility Chart)

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VITAMIN A (Retinol)

SOURCE

Dairy products, cod liver oil,liver, dark green and yellow vegetables and fruits

FUNCTION

• Maintains eye health
• Promotes growth and development, maintains healthy bones and teeth
• Enhances the protection and regeneration of cells and mucous membrane
• Maintains healthy respiratory and intestinal tracts
• Maintain healthy hair, nails and skin

SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY

• Night blindness, dry eyes
• Dry skin
• Stomach discomfort
• Poor growth
• Weak bones and teeth

SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS

• Dry, scaly, peeling, and itchy skin, rash
• Hair loss
• Poor appetite, fatigue
• Vomiting, stomach discomfort
• Liver injury
• Headache, bone pain
• Nervousness, irritability

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VITAMIN B

VITAMIN B1 (Thymine)

SOURCE

sprouts, yeast
Desease
Beri-beri

VITAMIN B2 (Ryboflabin)

SOURCE
sprout, present in cow's milk(yellowish)
Desease
Cheilosis, ulceration

VITAMIN B6 (Pyridoxine)

FUNCTION

It is responsible for rememeber dreams.

SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY

• Anaemia 
• Nervousness, insomnia, depression 
• Muscle cramps

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VITAMIN C (Ascorbic acid)

SOURCE

Citrus fruits(orange,grapefruit,lemon),strawberry,black current,kiwi fruit, tomato, green leafy vegetables, green pepper

FUNCTION

• Helps synthesize collagen; promotes the growth and repair of cells, gum, teeth, blood vessels and bones
• Helps healing after operation and injury
• Helps calcium and iron absorption
• Enhances immunity

SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY

• Scurvy
• Gum
• inflammation and bleeding, fall of teeth
• Susceptibility to skin bleeding, burst of capillary vessels
• Weakness, fatigue
• Bone pain, swollen and aching joints

SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS

• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• Kidney stone

In smokers and drinkers vitamin C is absent.