CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Calcium Sulfate, Amygdalin, Blind Experiment
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They are nutrients needed in small amount to prevent deficiency diseases. A balanced diet contains all the vitamins in the required amounts. Water soluble: b1 b2 b3 b5 b6 b7 b9 b12 c. Skipping names because what we thought was vitamin wasn"t and taken out. Brew out of pine needle rich source of vitamin c. 1927 albert szent-gyorgyi nobel prize medicine 1937 isolated vc. Beri-beri in indonesia switching from brown rice doesn"t keep as long or well as white rice. Husk in brown rice that has important nutrient: vitamin b1 (thiamine) isolated in 1930"s. For example: amount to prevent scurvy: c 90mg. People under stress lack more b and c but do not have much impact. 800 microgram neural tube defect folic acid flour have folic acid b9. 25-30 years ago vitamin supplement antioxidants were essential in diet to prevent heart disease and cancer. Not all vitamins are antioxidants only c a beta carotene and e.
