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Detailed explanation-1: -The discovery of the vitamins was a major scientific achievement in our understanding of health and disease. In 1912, Casimir Funk originally coined the term “vitamine".
Detailed explanation-2: -In 2012 we celebrate the centenary of Dr Casimir Funk’s discovery of the ‘vitamine’. Funk was the first to suggest the existence of a family of organic substances that are essential for life, which the world now takes for granted. He was thus the godfather of the vitamin movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Correct Answer is Casimir Funk. Explanation: Vitamins are substances that our bodies need to develop and function normally.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1935, Vitamin C became the first vitamin to be artificially synthesized. The process was invented by Dr. Tadeusz Reichstein of the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich.