Important Vitamins their source & Diseases :
S. No. | Vitamin Name | Source | Symptoms and disease |
| 1. | A (Retinol) | Mango, Papaya, Japanese Persimmon,milk, carrot, papaya, etc. | Xerophthalmia or dry Deonatosis (dry scaly skin) Night: blindness because of reduction in red cone cells |
| 2. | B1 (Thiamine) | Almond, Apricot, Cashew,Rice polishing, leafy) veg. fish, egg, meat | BERI-BERI (Extreme weakness, pain in joints) |
| 3. | B2 (Riboflavin) | Bael, Passion Fruit, Jack,Milk powder, fish, pulses | Ariboflavinosis (Blurred vision, cracks on skin at angle of mouth) |
| 4. | B5 NIACIN(Nicotinic acid (Peridoxin) | Pellagra (Black Tongue) | |
| 5. | B 6 (Pyridoxine) | Yeast, wheat germ, legumes | Degeneration of nerves |
| 6. | B12(Cyanocobalamin) | Animal food (liver, meat, fish, egg) | Pemiocin anemia (Reduction in RBCs) |
| 7. | C (Ascorbic acid) | Barbados Cherry, Orange, Guava | Scurvy |
| 8. | D (Calciferol) | Greens,Sun light, fish,liver oil | Rickets (Pigeon chest in children), Osteomalacia (adults) |
| 9. | E (Alpha Tocopherol) | Outer layer of grains | Sterility |
| 10. | H (Biotin) | Dermatitis |
