Question

What are water soluble vitamins, what are their sources and what do they help with in the body?

Answer 1

Water-soluble vitamins are vitamin B and C

Vitamin type	Source	Function
Thiamine (vitamin B1)	Pork, whole-grain or enriched breads and cereals, legumes, nuts and seeds	Major component of co-enzyme, corboxylase required for carbohydrate and amino acid
Riboflavin(vitamin B2)	Cheese, eggs, tomatoes, green vegetables, meat, cereals etc.	Combines wih phosphoric acid to form coenzyme FAD essential for oxidative metabolism
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B3)	Liver, kidney, eggs, meat, milk, sugarcane, groundnut, tomatoes etc.	Important component of co-enzyme required for oxidative metabolism
Niacin (VitaminB5)	Fresh meat, liver, fish, cereals, milk, pulses, meat, yeast, etc.	Active groupin coenzyme NAD required for oxidative metabolism
Pyridoxine (VitaminB6)	Meat, liver, fish, cereals, milk, and synthesized from intestinal bacteria	Important coenzyme required in protein and amino acid metabolism
Biotin (VitaminB7)	Vegetables, fruits, wheat, eggs, groundnut and synthesized from intestinal bacteria	Essential for fat synthesis and energy production
Folic acid group (Vitamin B9)	Green vegetables, soyabean, kidney, liver and synthesized from intestinal bacteria	Essential for synthesis of DNA and maturation of blood corpuscles
Cyanocobalamine (VitaminB12)	Meat, fish, liver, eggs, milk and synthesized from intestinal bacteria	Required for chromosome duplication and formation of blood corpuscles
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)	Lemon, orange and other fruits, green vegetables, potatoes, carrot, pepper etc.	Essential for formation of collagen, cartilage, bone, teeth, connective tissue and RBCs and for iron metabolism