Vitamins and their Chemical Names and Deficiency Diseases
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Chemical Names
Vitamin Name - Chemical Name
Vitamin A - Retinol
Vitamin B1 - Thiamine
Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin
Vitamin B3 - Niacin
Vitamin B5 - Pantothenic acid
Vitamin B6- Pyridoxin
Vitamin B7 - Biotin
Vitamin B9 - Folic acid
Vitamin B12 - Cyanocobalamin
Vitamin C - Ascorbic acid
Vitamin D - Calciferol
Vitamin E - Tocoferol
Vitamin K - Phylloquinone and Menaquinones
Deficiency Diseases
Vitamin A - Night Blindness, Hyperkeratosis and Keratomalacia.
Vitamin B1 - Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
Vitamin B2 - Ariboflavinosis.
Vitamin B3 - Pellagra.
Vitamin B5 - Paresthesia.
Vitamin B6 - Anemia peripheral neuropathy.
Vitamin B7 - Dermatitis, enteritis.
Vitamin B9 - Megaloblast and Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects.
Vitamin B12 - Megaloblastic anemia.
Vitamin C - Scurvy.
Vitamin D - Rickets and Osteomalacia.
Vitamin K - Bleeding diathesis.
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