Vitamin Chemical Name and Approximate Year of discoveryWhen was the last vitamin discovered?
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S.No.
|
Approximate Year of discovery
|
Vitamin / Chemical Name
|
Food source
|
Deficiency Disease
|
Food sources
|
1
|
1913
|
Vitamin
A (Retinol)
|
Cod
liver oil
|
Night
blindness,
Keratomalacia
|
from animal origin as Vitamin A /
all-trans-Retinol: Fish in general, liver and dairy products;
from plant origin as provitamin A
/ all-trans-beta-carotene: orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy
vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach;
|
2
|
1910
|
Vitamin
B1 (Thiamine)
|
Rice
bran
|
Beriberi,
Wernicke-Korsakoff
syndrome
|
Pork, oatmeal, brown rice,
vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs
|
3
|
1920
|
Vitamin
B2 (Riboflavin)
|
Eggs
|
Ariboflavinosis
|
Dairy products, bananas, green
beans, asparagus
|
4
|
1936
|
Vitamin
B3 (Niacin, niacinamide)
|
Liver
|
Pellagra
|
Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables,
mushrooms, tree nuts
|
5
|
1931
|
Vitamin
B5 (Pantothenic acid)
|
Liver
|
Paresthesia
|
Meat, broccoli, avocados
|
6
|
1934
|
Vitamin
B6 (Pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal)
|
Rice
bran
|
Anemia, peripheral
neuropathy.
|
Meat, vegetables, tree nuts,
bananas
|
7
|
1931
|
Vitamin
B7 (Biotin)
|
Liver
|
Dermatitis, enteritis
|
Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts,
leafy green vegetables
|
8
|
1941
|
Vitamin
B9 (Folic acid, folinic acid)
|
Liver
|
Deficiency
during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural
tube defects
|
Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread,
cereal, liver
|
9
|
1926
|
Vitamin
B12 (Cyanocobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, methylcobalamin)
|
Liver
|
Megalob-lastic
anemia
|
Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk
|
10
|
1920
|
Vitamin
C (Ascorbic acid)
|
Lemons
|
Scurvy
|
Many fruits and vegetables, liver
|
11
|
1920
|
Vitamin
D (Ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol)
|
Cod
liver oil
|
Rickets and
Osteomalacia
|
Lichen, eggs, liver, certain fish
species such as sardines, certain
mushroom species such as shiitake
|
12
|
1922
|
Vitamin
E (Tocopherols, tocotrienols)
|
Wheat
germ oil,
Cosmetics and liver
|
Sterility,
Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemiain newborn infants
|
Many fruits and vegetables, nuts
and seeds, and seed oils
|
13
|
1929
|
Vitamin
K (phylloquinone, menaquinones)
|
Alfalfa
|
Hemophilia,
Bleeding diathesis
|
Leafy green vegetables such as
spinach; egg yolks; liver
|
Year of
discovery
|
Vitamin
|
Food
source
|
1910
|
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
|
Rice bran
|
1913
|
Vitamin A (Retinol)
|
Cod liver oil
|
1920
|
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
|
Meat, dairy products, eggs
|
1920
|
Vitamin C (Ascorbic
acid)
|
Citrus, most fresh foods
|
1920
|
Vitamin D
(Calciferol)
|
Cod liver oil
|
1922
|
Vitamin E
(Tocopherol)
|
Wheat germ oil,
unrefined vegetable oils |
1929
|
Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone)
|
Leaf vegetables
|
1931
|
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic
acid)
|
Meat, whole grains,
in many foods |
1931
|
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
|
Meat, dairy
products, Eggs
|
1934
|
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
|
Meat, dairy products
|
1936
|
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
|
Meat, grains
|
1941
|
Vitamin B9 (Folic
acid)
|
Leaf vegetables
|
1948[56]
|
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamins)
|
Meat, organs (Liver), Eggs
|