Introduction

Did you know your body needs 13 key vitamins to function correctly? While you’ve heard of Vitamin C and D, many others are working silently behind the scenes. In this guide, we’ll list all 13 essential vitamins and their scientific names.

What is Vitamins?

Vitamins are micronutrients needed in small quantities for the proper functioning of the organism.

Two main types of vitamins: Fat soluble vs Water soluble

There are two types of Vitamins based on their solubility.

1. Fat Soluble Vitamins
2. Water Soluble Vitamins

4 Fat Soluble Vitamins

1. Vitamin A

2. Vitamin D

3. Vitamin E

4. Vitamin K

9 water soluble vitamins

1. Vitamin B₁
2. Vitamin B₂
3. Vitamin B₃
4. Vitamin B₅
5. Vitamin B₆
6. Vitamin B₇
7. Vitamin B₉
8. Vitamin B₁₂
9. Vitamin C

Fat soluble are stored in the body while the water soluble are not stored in body and need to be replenished.

Vitamins and Scientific Name

Most of the exam such as UPSC, BPSC, CUET and other universities level exam asked questions related to Vitamins and what is the scientific name of different vitamin?

So one should know and remember all the Vitamins and which vitamins are water soluble and which are fat soluble so that you can at least got 1 questions from here.

What Are the 13 Essential Vitamins? A Full List From A to K

Common names	Scientific Names
Vitamin A	Click Here Retinol
Vitamin B1	Click Here Thiamine
Vitamin B2	Click Here Riboflavin
Vitamin B3	Click Here Niacin
Vitamin B5	Click Here Pantothenic Acid
Vitamin B6	Click Here Pyridoxine
Vitamin B7	Click Here Biotin
Vitamin B9	Click Here Folic Acid
Vitamin B12	Click Here Cobalamin
Vitamin C	Click Here Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin D	Click Here Calciferol
Vitamin E	Click Here Tocopherol
Vitamin K	Click Here Napthoquinone

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