VITAMINS with Mnemonics

VITAMIN

A vitamin is an organic molecule , essential micronutrient which an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism.

TWO TYPES OF VITAMINS

Mnemonics: 

1) Even though we are busy(B,C),We drink water.

    (Vitamins B and C are water soluble vitamins)

2) We need to bite (KADE- கடி) and eat Fat soluble foods for better digestion.

    (Vitamins K, A, D and E are fat soluble vitamins)

VITAMIN B COMPLEX

VITAMINS ,THEIR OTHER NAMES, SOURCES AND THEIR DEFICIENCY DISEASES (With Mnemonics)

VITAMINS	OTHER       NAME	RICH IN	DEFICIENCY DISEASES
VITAMIN A (Fat Soluble Vitamin)	Retinol	Dairy products, Cod Liver oil, Carrot, Dark green and yellow vegetables and fruits	Nyctalopia (Night blindness)   Keratomalacia (Drying and clouding of Cornea)   Xeropthalmia (Dry Eyes)   Hyperkeratosis (Thicknening of outer layer of skin)
VITAMIN B1 (Water Soluble)	Thiamin	Pulses, Yeast, Sprouts	Beri Beri (Wet Beri Beri affects Cardiovascular System and Dry beri beri affects Nervous System)
VITAMIN B2 (Water Soluble)	Riboflavin	Milk, Diary Products Green Vegetables, Cereals, Beef liver	Cheilosis (Swollen and Cracked Lips )   Angular Stomatitis (Leisons at the corner of the mouth)   Burning Sensation in eyes and skin
VITAMIN B3 (Water Soluble)	NIACIN	Milk, Egg, Cereals Meat Green Vegetables	Pellegra  (Dementia, Dermatitis, diarrhea- the three Ds)
VITAMIN B5 (Water Soluble)	Pantothenic acid	Milk, Egg, Legumes, Vegetables	Headache, Insomnia, Irritability, Fatigue
VITAMIN B6 (Water Soluble)	Pyridoxine	Chickpeas, Nuts, Green and leafy vegetables, Potato, Banana, Beef Liver	Perpheral Neuropathy, anemia, Depression
VITAMIN B7 (Water Soluble)	Biotin; Also know as Vitamin H (H for Haar and Haat which means Hair and Skin in German)	Legumes, Meat, Avacado,  Walnuts	Alopecia(Hair Loss), Red rash around eyes , nose and mouth
VITAMIN B9 (Water Soluble)	Folic Acid	Green Leaf Vegetables(Spinach , broccholi), Cereals, Peas	Fatigue, Mouth sores, anemia
VITAMIN B12 (Water Soluble)	Cobalmin	Fish,  Meat,  Poultry, Egg, Milk	Anemia, Neurological Disorder
VITAMIN C (Water Soluble)	Ascorbic Acid	Citrus Fruits, Red and Green Pepper	Scurvy(bleeding gums)
VITAMIN D (Fat Soluble)	Calciferol	Sun light, Fish, Egg Cod Liver Oil	Softening of bones     Rickets in Children; Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia in adults
VITAMIN E (Fat Soluble)	Tocopheral	Almonds, Sunflower Oil, Peanuts, Vegetables	Sterility
VITAMIN K (Fat Soluble)	Phylloquinone	Spinach, Broccoli, Cabbage, Soya beans	Bleeding, Hemorrhaging

Mnemonics:

A-Retinol- Night blindness-  (A rat in the night)

B-

(We don't have B4, B8,B10 and B11)

B1-Thiamine( 1 and T look same)-Beri Beri is the vitamin B1 deficiency disease..We have to write Beri for one time but we have written it two times

B2- Riboflavin (We have 2 pair of ribs (24 ribs-each of 12 ribs) in our human body.

B3- Niacin- Pellagra- (Whenever the bell (Pellagra) rings, We have to apply Nycil powder 3 times a day -Morning, Afternoon and Evening)

B5- 5 Pent-So pantothenic

B6-Pyridoxine - Dox(Six)

B7- Biotin- All 7 days, we go for a bio break😅👻

B9-Folate/Folic acid (Mnemonics -on the way🤔)

B12- Cobalmin ( During 12th standard, We get angry (கோபம்) for no reason)

C- Ascorbic Acid- Scurvy-  (CS Students sing Asck Asck song)

D- Rickets and Osteoporosis (Dr play Cricket- )

K- Bleeding (We don't say OK for bleeding)

OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

 1) The presence of Cobalt in Vitamin B12 was established for the first time by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam-19.05.2013)

2)  Which of the following vitamins is generally excreted by human in urine? Vitamin B and C (Water Soluble)

3)  Milk is not considered a balanced diet now-a-days because of the absence of Iron and Vitamin C

4) Washing of peeled vegetables removes the vitamin C and B (Water Soluble)

    Vitamin C is destroyed on heating.

5)  The vitamin that helps to prevent infections in the human body is  Vitamin C

6)  Fat-soluble vitamins — vitamins A, D, E and K — dissolve in fat before they are absorbed in the blood stream to carry out their functions. Excesses of these vitamins are stored in the liver. 

7) The metal ion present in vitamin B12 is Cobalt 

8) The specific role of Vitamin K is in the synthesis of  Prothrombin 

9) Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA)

10) "Sunshine vitamin"- Vitamin D