• Vitamins occur in a variety of related forms known as vitamers. A vitamer (/ˈvaɪtəmər/) of a particular vitamin is one of several related compounds that...
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    good source of proteins, vitamin A, riboflavin (vitamin B2 vitamer), niacin (vitamin B3 vitamer), vitamin B12, iron, phosphorus and zinc. Kidneys, along...
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  • fatty acid). Vitamins occur in a variety of related forms known as vitamers. The vitamers of a given vitamin perform the functions of that vitamin and prevent...
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    Vitamins are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic...
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    Chemistry of ascorbic acid (category Vitamers)
    often encountered: it occurs naturally in many foods, and is one form ("vitamer") of vitamin C, an essential nutrient for humans and many animals. Deficiency...
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    in alkaline solution, followed by the addition of methyl iodide. This vitamer, along with adenosylcobalamin, is one of two active coenzymes used by vitamin...
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  • likelihood of toxicity. A tissue culture study, however, showed that all B6 vitamers that could be converted into active coenzymes (pyridoxal, pyridoxine and...
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    megaloblastic anemia with concurrent vitamin B 12 deficiency using B 12 vitamers (including cyanocobalamin), creates the possibility of hypokalemia due...
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    Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a vitamer of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It is produced by plants and animals...
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  • and position of methyl groups on the chromanol ring. All eight of these vitamers feature a chromane double ring, with a hydroxyl group that can donate a...
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