Vitamins
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In the early 20th century the discovery of began. Today there
is a chance that there are some that are still undiscovered. The
definition of vitamin is: one of several substances necessary for animal
nutrition, and occurring in minute quantities in natural foods; numerous types
have been distin ....
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.... compound), so Funk proposed that it be named vitamine, from
vital amine. It was later discovered that different vitamins have different
chemical properties. This discovery caused vitamine to be turned into vitamin.
In 1912 Hopkins and Funk made a hypothesis. The hypothesis stated the
absence of some vitamins could cause diseases such as beriberi and scurvy.
Later a letter was assigned to each vitamin. The letters which were assigned to
vitamins in the early years of v ....
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