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vitamin

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Any micronutrient that is an organic compound. The term "vitamines" (from vita + amines) was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk, who believed that these compounds were amines.

Term info

Label

vitamin

Synonyms
  • Vitamin
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

has alternative id

CHEBI:10004, CHEBI:27305

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

vitamines, vitamins, vitaminas, vitamine, vitamina, vitaminum

id

CHEBI:33229

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