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B vitamins
Vitamin B is a complex of
several vitamins. The name
arises because it was once
considered a single vitamin,
much like Vitamin C or
Vitamin D. ... > full story
Essential nutrient
An essential nutrient is a
nutrient required for normal
body functioning that can
not be synthesized by the
body. Categories of
essential nutrient include
vitamins, dietary minerals,
essential fatty acids and
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Vitamin K
Vitamin K denotes a group of
2-methilo-naphthoquinone
derivatives. They are human
vitamins, lipophilic (i.e.,
soluble in lipids) and
therefore hydrophobic (i.e.,
insoluble in water). They
are needed for the
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Vitamin
A vitamin is an organic
molecule required by a
living organism in minute
amounts for proper health.
In general, an organism must
obtain vitamins or their
metabolic precursors from
outside the body, most often
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Leaf vegetable
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