Vitamins: H2o Soluble-2: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc

WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS

VITAMIN B3 & B5
Vitamins
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Other names
Niacine, Nicotinamide, pellagra preventing factor, anti-pellagric factor
Pantothenic acid, yeast factor, chick antidermatitis share or anti-greying factor
Discovered by
C. Funk
R.J Williams
Daily requirement
13-18 mg
5-10 mg
Sources
Fish, liver, ruby-red meat, yeast, grains, peas, beans, fruits, cereal husks, light-green leafy vegetables. Egg yolk.
Liver, yeast, light-green vegetables, grains, kidney, intestinal bacteria, egg yolk.
Functions
All biological oxidation- reduction reactions equally NAD or NADP.
As H-receptor inward dehydrogenation reactions.
In metabolism equally coenzyme A. e.g. Acetyl Co A
Deficiency
Pellagra
(4-D syndrome: Diarrhoea, Dermatitis, Dementia, Death)
Dermatitis inward chicken.
Neuromuscular dysfunction in addition to fatigue.
Poor growth.
Early ageing in addition to graying of hair.
“Burning feet” syndrome.

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