Name of the vitamin | Main source | Disease caused due to
their deficiencies |
Vitamin A | Milk, carrot, dark leafy greens, fish, dried apricots, etc.
| Night blindness, dryn ess of skin (Dermatitis) |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
| Cereals,
pulses, peas | Beriberi |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
| Liver, spinach, mushrooms, milk | Cracking of skin , reddish eye |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
| Fish, beef
liver, vegetables | Anaemia ,dermatitis |
Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
| Peas, tomato, eggs | Pellagra and glossitis |
Folic Acid | Green
leafy vegetables, meat, egg, dried beans ,nuts
| Megaloblast
and in pregnant birth defects |
Pentothenic Acid | meat, yeast , pork
,yogurt ,fish eggs | Premature graying of hair, burning feet syndrome
|
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) | Milk,
liver, meat ,milk | Pernicious
anaemia
|
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) | Lemons, oranges, fresh fruits and vegetables
| Scurvy, sore mouth and gums bleeding |
Vitamin D (Calciferol) | Dairy
products, sun rays, eggs, oily fish, milk | Many
diseases of the bones, rickets in children, osteomalacia
|
Vitamin E (Tocopherol) | Milk , soyabeans, egg yolk , butter | Interferes with reproduction and causes abortion and menstrual
irregularities
|
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | Fish, peas
and green vegetables | Causes the
delayed clotting of blood |
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