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Vitamin B Complex: By:-Amit Sunil Sakhare Roll No - 03

This document discusses vitamin B complex, which includes eight B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, etc.). Each B vitamin plays an important role in cell metabolism and synthesis. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) is a coenzyme involved in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. Food sources include whole grains and meats. Deficiency can cause beriberi or Wernicke's encephalopathy. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is required for cellular respiration as a precursor to FAD and FMN coenzymes. Food sources include dairy, eggs and vegetables. Deficiency can cause inflammation and lesions of the skin, eyes and mouth.

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Vitamin B Complex: By:-Amit Sunil Sakhare Roll No - 03

This document discusses vitamin B complex, which includes eight B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, etc.). Each B vitamin plays an important role in cell metabolism and synthesis. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) is a coenzyme involved in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. Food sources include whole grains and meats. Deficiency can cause beriberi or Wernicke's encephalopathy. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is required for cellular respiration as a precursor to FAD and FMN coenzymes. Food sources include dairy, eggs and vegetables. Deficiency can cause inflammation and lesions of the skin, eyes and mouth.

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VITAMIN B COMPLEX

By :- Amit Sunil Sakhare


Roll no -03
B vitamins are a class of water-soluble vitamins that play important
roles in cell metabolism and synthesis of red blood cells. Though these
vitamins share similar names (B1, B2, B3, etc.), they are chemically
distinct compounds that often coexist in the same foods. In general,
dietary supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B
Introduction complex. Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the
specific number or name of each vitamin, such as B1 for thiamine, B2
for riboflavin, and B3 for niacin, as examples. Some are more
commonly recognized by name than by number: niacin, pantothenic
acid, biotin and folate.

 Each B vitamin is either a cofactor (generally a coenzyme) for key


metabolic processes or is a precursor needed to make one.
 Thiamine, also known as thiamin or
vitamin B1, is a vitamin found in food
and manufactured as a dietary
supplement and medication. A coenzyme
in the catabolism of sugars and amino
Vitamin B 1
acids.
 Thiamine was discovered in 1897, was
the first B vitamin to be isolated in 1926,
and was first made in 1936
 The Recommended Dietary
Allowance (RDA) for men ages 19
and older is 1.2 mg daily, and for
Vitamin B 1 women in the same age range 1.1
RDA mg daily. For pregnancy and
lactation, the amount increases to
1.4 mg daily.
 Food sources of thiamine include whole grains, legumes, and some meats
and fish.
 Supplements and medications are available to treat and prevent thiamine
deficiency and disorders that result from it, including beriberi and Wernicke
encephalopathy.
Vitamin B 1  Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine
Sources & (vitamin B1). A severe and chronic form is known as beriberi. There are two

Deficiency main types in adults: wet beriberi, and dry beriberi. Wet beriberi affects the
cardiovascular system resulting in a fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and
diseases leg swelling. Dry beriberi affects the nervous system resulting in numbness
of the hands and feet, confusion, trouble moving the legs, and pain.
 Wernicke encephalopathy (WE), also Wernicke’s encephalopathy is the
presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the
central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular
thiamine (vitamin B1)
 Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in
food and used as a dietary supplement. It is required by the
body for cellular respiration.
 A precursor of coenzymes called FAD and FMN, which are
needed for flavoprotein enzyme reactions, including activation
of other vitamins

Vitamin B 2
Food sources include eggs, green vegetables,
milk and other dairy products, meat, mushrooms,
and almonds. Some countries require its addition
to grains.
Riboflavin deficiency (also called
Vitamin B 2 ariboflavinosis) results in stomatitis including
Sources & painful red tongue with sore throat, chapped and
deficiency fissured lips (cheilosis), and inflammation of the
diseases corners of the mouth (angular stomatitis). There
can be oily scaly skin rashes on the scrotum,
vulva, philtrum of the lip, or the nasolabial folds.
The eyes can become itchy, watery, bloodshot
and sensitive to light.
The RDA for vitamin B-2
(riboflavin) is 1.7 mg (0.8 mg
for children aged 1-4 y).
Vitamin B 2 Supplements usually are 25-
R.D.A 100 mg.

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