Vitamins : Classification, Functions and Deficiency Symptoms
The word ‘vitamin’ (Latin, vita, life+ amine) is derived from the original word “vitamine”, coined by Casimir Funk in 1912. Vitamin is an organic compound which is found in the food in variable and minute quantity and must be supplied to the animal organism from the external sources. It is a vital nutrient for an […]
Continue readingNutrition : Nutrients, Types of Nutrition and Importance
Every living organism requires a supply of food for the maintenance of life and the processes connected with life including growth, movement, reproduction etc. A living organism synthesizes or collects its necessary food from the surrounding environment.Mineral, vitamins, and water also required for various life processes. All these essential substances are collectively called nutrients. Nutrition […]
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