Nutrition

Vitamin

/ˈvaɪ.t̬ə-/

Vitamins are organic compounds required by the body for biological functions, but which aren't created in sufficient quantities endogenously. The families of vitamins are A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, and K.

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