BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 8. VITAMINS

Vitamins are vital Organic compounds required by humans and animals in small quantities for normal development and the proper course of essential biochemical and physiological processes. They enter the body through foods of PLANT AND ANIMAL origin. Vitamins are not synthesized in The Human Body, are not used as a source of energy, and do not perform plastic Functions, meaning they are not building blocks for the structural molecules of the body. Unlike Proteins, CARBOHYDRATES, and Lipids, they are needed in minute quantities — micrograms or milligrams per day.



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