{"id":1998,"date":"2020-08-23T19:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/biochemistry\/biochemistry-of-the-metabolism\/vitamins-and-minerals\/vitamins\/"},"modified":"2020-12-13T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:55:11","slug":"vitamins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/biochemistry\/biochemistry-of-the-metabolism\/vitamins-and-minerals\/vitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"intro\"> A vitamin is an organic compound that is essential to the human body in small quantities, but is not always able to be produced in sufficient quantities by the body; therefore, it needs to be supplied as a nutrient. Based on their type, there are two big groups: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FAT soluble vitamins (DEKA)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>WATER-soluble vitamins<\/strong> (Figure 2) <\/div><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">DEKA:<\/h3>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>fat-soluble,<\/li><li>apolar,<\/li><li>hydrophobic isoprene derivatives,<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are stored in the body; their overdose is toxic (Figure 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Vitamins\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA.png 1600w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEKA-1536x795.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Figure 1. <\/strong>D E K A vitamins and roles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Vitamins\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita.png 1600w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/vita-1536x825.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Figure 2.<\/strong> Water soluble vitamins <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">DEKA:<\/h3><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEKA: fat-soluble, apolar, hydrophobic isoprene derivatives, They are stored in the body; their overdose is toxic (Figure 1). 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