Who among the following discovered vitamins?Anti von LeeuwenhackCasimir FunkRobert BrownNone of these

- The vitamin discovered by Casimir Funk in 1912.

- Vitamins areorganic compoundsthat are required in small amounts in our diet but their deficiency causes specific diseases.

- Most of the vitamins cannot be synthesized in our bodybut plants can synthesize almost all of them, so they are considered as essential food factors.
Fat soluble Vitamins:
- Vitamins which are soluble in fat and oils but insoluble in water are kept in this group. These are vitamins A, D, E and K. They are stored in liver and adipose (fat storing) tissues.
Water soluble Vitamins:
- Bgroup vitamins and vitamin Care soluble in water so they are grouped together.

- Water soluble vitamins must be supplied regularly in diet because they are readily excreted in urine and cannot be stored (except vitamin B12) in our body.
DEFICIENCY DISEASES:
- Vitamin A——— Night blindness

- Vitamin B1———Beriberi

- Vitamin B2——- Ariboflavinosis

- Vitamin B3 ——-Pellagra

- Vitamin B5——-Paresthesia

- Vitamin B6 ——-Anemia

- Vitamin B7 —— Dermatitis, enteritis

- Vitamin B9 & Vitamin B12 —- Megaloblastic anemia

- Vitamin C—— Scurvy, Swelling of Gums

- Vitamin D—— Rickets & Osteomalacia

- Vitamin E —— Less Fertility

- Vitamin K—— Non-Clotting of Blood.