For Vitamin we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Ayurvedic, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Day Spa, Enzymatic Therapy, Female Health, Fitness, HIV and AIDs, Horse Health, Microbiology and Nutrition.

Vitamin (Ayurvedic)

These are essentials for growth of the body and healthy functioning of all organs. There are following types of vitamins:

Vitamin A is a growth promoting vitamin.
Vitamin D is the anti-rickets vitamin.
Vitamin E is anti-sterility.
Vitamin K helps coagulation.
Vitamin P is called hesperidin. It is anti-hemorrhagic.
Vitamin B1 is anti-neuritic..
Vitamin B2 pacifies vata, builds up pitta and kapha.
Vitamin B6 is called pyrodoxine..
Folic Acid. pacifies vata, increases pitta, reduces kapha.
Vitamin C. Vitamin C is ascorbic acid whenever there is cold and congestion, Vitamin C is used.
B12 is cyanocobalamin and is used in sciatica.

Vitamin (Cancer)

A key nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to grow and stay strong. Examples are vitamins A, C, and E.

Vitamin (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

A group of organic micronutrients, present in minute quantities in natural foodstuffs, that are essential to normal metabolism.

Vitamin (Day Spa)

An organic molecule or substance – other than carbs, lipids, or proteins – that cannot be produced by the body.

Vitamin (Enzymatic Therapy)

Any organic substance essential for the health, growth, reproduction, and maintenance of the body. Vitamins usually act as coenzymes or precursors of coenzymes in regulating metabolic processes, but do not provide energy.

Vitamin (Female Health)

The name for a substance that the body cannot make and must obtain from food or other sources.

Vitamin (Fitness)

Any organic substance that is essential to human health, and which the body cannot make for itself, at least not in sufficient quantities. Vitamins are added to foods to increase their nutritional value. Vitamins can be classified into two groups: water-soluble and fat-soluble. Water-soluble vitamins must be taken into the body daily as they can’t be stored and are excreted within one to four days. Fat-soluble vitamins can be stored for longer periods of time in the body’s fatty tissue and liver.

Vitamin (HIV and AIDs)

ORGANIC MOLECULES essential in small amounts for normal METABOLISM, growth and development of the body. See also MICRONUTRIENT.

Vitamin (Horse Health)

General term for a number of substances required in very small quantities for the normal functioning of the body's metabolic processes.

Vitamin (Microbiology)

Any organic compound which is necessary for the normal metabolism and growth of microorganisms. A vitamin typically functions as a coenzyme or a component of a coenzyme and is required by microorganisms in small quantities. All microorganisms require some vitamins of different varieties; they can either synthesize vitamins by themselves or they have to obtain them from the growth medium. Examples of some important vitamins are: nicotinic acid, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, biotin, PABA, thiamine, B12, folic acid, etc.

Vitamin (Nutrition)

An organic compound essential for normal health. One of the approximately fifteen organic substances that are essential in small quantities for life and health. The body cannot make them from other substances. . You must get all your vitamins from outside your body - from the foods your eat and from any supplements you take. Food processing removes much of the content of these essential nutrients and therefore cause deficiency, deterioration, and degeneration of cells, tissues, organs, and human health.

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