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vi·ta·min / ˈvītəmən/ • n. any of a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
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Vitamins, cancer and hope.
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...earned his PhD in vitamins and is the author of Vitamin C and Cancer, chose...handful of common vitamins, he started his patients on vitamin C only. He administered...acid by including vitamin E and other vitamins. Edward Creagan...
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Vitamins Market Seeks to Recover.
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 11/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...produces water-soluble vitamins, such as vitamin C, B2, B6 and folic...of mainly oil-soluble vitamins. BASF's vitamin's business had 1999...and food coloring." Vitamin B series--Vitamins in the B series include...
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Vitamins, minerals and supplements 5: Overview of vitamin C
Magazine article from: Community Practitioner; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...E and K, and water-soluble vitamins which include the B vitamins and vitamin C and are which not stored by...of fat-soluble vitamins and B vitamins has previously been discussed." Function Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is a major...
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Vitamin C nutriture has little short-term effect on vitamin E concentrations in healthy women
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...interaction between the vitamins in vitro. Niki (1984...research showing that vitamin C can reduce the tocopheroxyl...regenerate or "spare" vitamin E, some studies report...relationship between the two vitamins or report no significant...interaction. In rats, excess vitamin C intake lowered ...
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Dietary vitamin C and vitamin E interact to influence growth and tissue composition of juvenile hybrid striped bass (morone chrysops (female) x M. saxatilis (male)) but have limited effects on immune responses
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...sparing * immune responses The hypothesis that vitamin C spares vitamin E by regenerating it from the radical form was...explanation of the interaction in vivo between these vitamins suggests that vitamin C may not recycle vitamin E but serve instead...
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Vitamin toxicity.
Newspaper article from: The Star (Amman, Jordan); 9/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...soluble vitamins include B vitamins (folate, vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin...the body. Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin E, vitamin D, vitamin...regarding water-soluble vitamins, large doses of vitamin C for example are considered...
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Vitamin D receptor null mutant mice fed high levels of calcium are fertile
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Vitamin D Receptor Null Mutant Mice Fed High Levels of Calcium Are Fertile1 ABSTRACT Vitamin D receptor (VDR) null mutant mice provide a model to investigate the possible effect of vitamin D on female reproduction. Infertility in these...
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Vitamin E Moves Bulk Vitamins Market.
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Strong demand for Vitamin E propels the vitamin market, and pricing for vitamin C recovers. Vitamin E is the focal point in the vitamins market, where propelled by favorable science, sales growth is expected...
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Vitamin D may fight cancers: FOCUS: HEALTH.
Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); 5/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...prevention recommendations, with the vitamin D findings in mind. This gets to the dilemma about vitamin D. Promising medical claims for vitamins A and E failed to meet earlier...cautious about what they say about vitamin D. Moreover, if vitamin D...
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Vitamin E Supplementation: An Update.
Newspaper article from: Alternative Medicine Alert; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; Vitamin E Supplementation: An Update By Diane...analysis including nine of 11 high-dose vitamin E trials (≥ 400 IU) conducted...to caution their patients against taking vitamin E supplements. Sales of vitamin E supplements...
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Vitamins, Fat-Soluble
Book article from: Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
...vitamins. Fat-soluble vitamins are primarily stored...With the exception of vitamin K, fat-soluble vitamins are generally excreted...soluble vitamins, and vitamins A and D can accumulate...effects in the body. Vitamin A Vitamin A was the...
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Vitamins
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...fat-soluble vitamins), and folate ( folic acid ), vitamin B 12 , biotin...pantothenic acid, and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) (water-soluble vitamins). Vitamins are...of fat-soluble vitamins. Oral vitamin supplements are...
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Vitamin
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Vitamin Background Vitamins are organic compounds...what they do. The vitamins are named by letters — vitamin A, vitamin C, D...vitamins. The eight B vitamins were originally thought to be one vitamin, and as more was...
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vitamin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...necessarily function as a vitamin for another species. The vitamins differ in structure...longer considered to be vitamins. Vitamin A Vitamin A (retinol...eight water-soluble vitamins. Thiamine Thiamine (vitamin B 1 or antiberiberi...
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Vitamin D Deficiency
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...formula contain high levels of vitamin D, human breast milk is rather low in the vitamin. (The term fortified means that vitamins are added to the food by the manufacturer...Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin D for both children and adults...
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