Vitamin Biochemistry Note Download

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5238″] Vitamin Biochemistry Note Download Free for Pharmacy students.
INTRODUCTION TO VITAMINS
 Vitamins are organic compounds required by the body in small amounts for metabolism, for protection, for
maintenance of health and proper growth
 They cannot be synthesized by the body. Must be obtained by outside sources like diet, rumen of bacteria & sun.
 Vitamins also assist in the formation of hormones, blood vessels, nervous system chemicals and genetic materials
 They generally act as catalysts, combining with proteins to create metabolically active enzymes that are essential for life reactions
 Without enzymes, many of the reactions essential to life would slow down or cease