definition of vitamin for class 6
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A vitamin is an organic molecule that is an essential micronutrient which an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism. Essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the organism, either at all or not in sufficient quantities, and therefore must be obtained through the diet.
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- Vitamins are natural, important nutrients that are needed in tiny amounts for growth and development, wound repair and healing, bone and tissue maintenance, immune system function, and other biological processes.
- The metabolic roles of these important organic molecules are varied.
- Vitamins come in thirteen distinct varieties, all of which are necessary for metabolic functions. In 1912, a Polish-American scientist named Casimir Funk began researching vitamins.
- He is known as the "Father of Vitamins" and "Vitamin Therapy" because of his discoveries and studies on vitamins, their sources, functions, and deficiency illnesses.
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