CHEM 181 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pantothenic Acid, Amylose, Tryptophan
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Vitamins are nutrients needed in small amounts to prevent deficiency diseases. A balanced diet contains all the vitamins in the required amounts. B1, b2, b3, b5, b6, b7, b9, b12, c: the initial vitamins were only a and b, billions of dollars are spend of vitamins and supplements. Milk is fortified with vitamins, same with juices. Vitamin c was discovered in the 15th - 17th century as a result of scurvy. Pine needles are a rich source of vitamin c: also cabbage. James lind was the first to realize that vitamin c would prevent survey --> executed the fist clinical trial. Vitamin c was isolated and identified as the active ingredient in citrus fruit in 1927 by the. This was 174 years after james lind determined citrus fruit could be used to prevent scurvy. limey is what british sailors were called because they consumed to much lime juice to prevent scurvy.
