SUMMARY: LIST OF VITAMINS

Vitamin generic Vitamer chemical name(s) Recommended Deficiency disease Overdose disease
descriptor dietary allowances
(male, age 19–70)
name

Vitamin A Retinol, retinal, 900 µg Night-blindness and Hypervitaminosis A

various retinoids, and Keratomalacia
four carotenoids)

Vitamin B1 Thiamine 1.2 mg Beriberi, Wernicke- Drowsiness or muscle

Korsakoff syndrome relaxation with large
doses.

Vitamin B2 Riboflavin 1.3 mg Ariboflavinosis

Vitamin B3 Niacin, niacinamide 16.0 mg Pellagra Liver damage (doses >

2g/day) andother
problems

Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid 5.0 mg Paresthesia Diarrhea; possibly

nausea and heartburn
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Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine,pyridoxamine,p 1.3–1.7 mg Anemia peripheral Impairment

yridoxal neuropathy. of proprioception,
nerve damage (doses
> 100 mg/day)

Vitamin B7 Biotin 30.0 µg Dermatitis, enteritis

Vitamin B9 Folic acid, folinic acid 400 µg Deficiency during May mask symptoms
pregnancy is associated of vitamin
with birth defects, such B12deficiency; other
as neural tube defects effects.

Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin,hydroxyc 2.4 µg Megaloblastic anemia No known toxicity

obalamin,methylcobalamin

Vitamin C Ascorbic acid 90.0 mg Scurvy Vitamin C

megadosage

Vitamin D Ergocalciferol,cholecalcifer 5.0 µg–10 µg Rickets and Osteomalacia Hypervitaminosis D

ol

Vitamin E Tocopherols,tocotrienols 15.0 mg Deficiency is very rare; Increased congestive

mildhemolytic anemia in heart failure seen in
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newborn infants one large randomized

study

Vitamin K phylloquinone,menaquino 120 µg Bleeding diathesis Increases coagulation

nes in patients
takingwarfarin.