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Was the first vitamin to be discovered scientifically?
Thiamine, or vitamin B1, was the first Vitamin to be discovered scientifically, though Vitamin C, and D were also found early on.
What does the D stand for in vitamin D?
The term "vitamin D" refers to several different forms of this vitamin. ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Vitamin D2 synthesized by plants. Vitamin D3 is synthesized by humans in the skin. D is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet and the vitamin D was the fourth vitamin discovered.
What does the D in vitamin D stand for?
The D stands for nothing. It was discovered 4th after A, B, C and hence they named it as D.
What vitamin is synthesized in the skin with exposure to the sunlight?
Vitamin D is produced by ultraviolet radiation on your skin. The UV light converts a precursor molecule to vitamin D.
What vitamin was discovered during the 1920's?
Multiple vitamins were discovered. Some of the more imperative vitamins are vitamins B, C, and E.
What does the D mean in Vitamin D?
Vitamin D was the fourth vitamin named (in the early 1920's). Researchers have been naming newly discovered vitamins in the alphabetical order, and D is the fourth letter of the Latin (and English) alphabet. As research progressed, a few of the vitamins have been renamed or reclassified, which is why certain letters are missing from the current list of vitamin names.
What was the first vitamin to be discovered and named?
Vitamin A was the first vitamin to be discovered and named in 1913 by Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis.
What about vitamin - D?
Vitamin D (disambiguation).
Does vitamin B come from the sun?
I know that vitamin d is one isn't vitamin e another?
What is the main vitamin in milk?
Vitamin a, Vitamin b, vitamin c.
Is vitamin D a compound?
is vitamin d a compound?
What vitamin is considered the sunshine vitamin because it is derived from the sun?
Vitamin D comes from sunshine exposure and works with the mineral calcium. "Sunshine vitamin" is the nickname for vitamin D because the human body produces vitamin D through exposure to the UV rays of the Sun.
