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VITAMINS MINERALS COENZYMES AND DEFICIENCY DISEASES
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin B
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin D
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Detailed explanation-1: -Later on, Szent Györgyi and Haworth chemically identified “C” as ascorbic acid, and named it so because ascorbic means “anti-scurvy.” Over the next century, what we now know as vitamin C became one of the most popular drugs in human history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scurvy is a disease caused by low levels of vitamin C. It was common in the past among long-distance sailors because they didn’t eat enough fruit and vegetables. Although rare today, scurvy is still seen in people who don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables, as well as in infants and elderly patients.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was known to be antiscorbutic – what that means its property that protects against a disease called scurvy. Scurvy is a nasty disease that results from the breakdown of collagen.