Dr.Waqas Nawaz PMAS arid agriculture univarsity rawalpindi

1. ASSGNMENT ON:
CLASIFICATION OF VITAMINS
Submitted by:
Waqas Nawaz
Submitted to:
Dr.Muhammad Farooq Iqbal
Subject:
Pricipal of animal nutrition
AN (102)

2. VITAMINS CLASSIFICATION
VITAMINS
Water soluble vitamins include ii) Fat soluble vitamins include
Vitamin C also called citric acid Vitamin A ( Retinol)
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) Vitamin D
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
Vitamin B3 (niacin)
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) D2 (Ergocalciferol) D3 (Cholicalciferol)
Vitamin B9 (folic acid)
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) Vitamin E (Tocoferol)
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)
Cholin
Biotin. Alpha Beta Gama
Vitamin K
K1 (Phylloquinone) K2 (Menoquinone)
K3 (Menodione)

3. Vitamin Classification
There are mainly two types of vitamins Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
classified based on their solubility. These
are water soluble and y not fat soluble Function: It is involved in metabolism of
vitamins. carbohydrates, protein, fats
Deficiency:(1) Its deficiency cause
i) Water soluble vitamins dermatitis
include:
 The contain C,H,O and may (2) In poultry it causes curled-toe paralysis
contain S and Co
 They are not stored in body
 They are secreted into urine Vitamin B3 (niacin)
 They not cause toxicity
It is also called nicotinamide
 They cannot synthesized by
body Function: It is involved in metabolism
 They are not dietary essential
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause pallegra
(Disorder of digestive system)
Vitamin C also called citric acid
Function: It is used as anti stress
Deficiency:no known deficiency in
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
animals.They can synthesize by digestive
Function: It is involved in metabolism
microbes.
Deficiency: It deficiency cause dermatitis
Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Function: (1) They work as co-enzyme
Vitamin B9 (folic acid)
Function: It is involved in the synthesis of
(2)they help in metabolism of carbohydrates,
methyl group
protein,fats
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause anaemia
Deficiency:
Its deficiency cause beri-beri
It also cause polyneuritis and star-grazing in
poultry

4. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
Fat soluble vitamins
Function: It is involved in
metabolism
include
 They contain
Deficiency: Its deficiency causes C,H,O
epilepsy and convulsion(jerks)  They are stored in
the body
 They are secreted
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) into faeces
 They cause
Function: It is invoved in metabolism toxicity
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause slow  They are not
growth and less reproduction synthesized by
body but
sometimes
synthesized
 They are dietary
Cholin essential
Function: It is involved in lipid metabolism
 General source for
fat soluble vitamin
It is part of lecithin are green pasture,
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause fatty liver
green fodder,
green leafy hay,
fish liver oil,
yellow corn
Biotin. grains, sunlight
Function: It is also invoved in metabolism
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause dermatitis

5. Vitamin A Deficiency: Its deficiency cause
osteomalcia and rickets
 It is also called retinol
 Its requirement is expressed
in IU
Vitamin E
Function: It is also called tocoferol.
It helps in maintaining eye sight It is present in 3 forms alpha, beta ,
gama
(2) It increases conception rate Function
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause night (1) It helps in immune system
blindness
(2) It also help in reproduction
(2) Its deficiency also causes poor
Deficiency: Its deficiency cause white
conception
muscle disease and
muscle dystrophy( weakness)
Vitamin D Vitamin K
It is in two forms It has three forms
D2: Ergocalciferol K1: Phylloquinone
It is mostly present in plants K2: Menoquinone
D3: cholicalciferol It is naturally present
It is synthesized by animal body in K3: Menodione
sunlight
It is artificially synthesized.
Function:(1) It helps in bone
development Function: It helps in blood clotting
(2) It also help in to maintain mineral Deficiency: Its deficiency cause
balanced in the body hemophilia and sweet clover disease.