List of vitamins

Each vitamin is typically used in multiple reactions, and therefore most have multiple functions. [7]

Vitamin
name

Vitamerchemical name(s)

Retinol, retinal, and

four carotenoids
including beta carotene

Deficiency disease

Overdose disease

Night blindness,hyperkeratosis,
andkeratomalacia[9]

Hypervitaminosis A

Vitamin B1 Thiamine

Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff
syndrome

Drowsiness or
muscle relaxation
with large doses.[11]

Vitamin B2 Riboflavin

Ariboflavinosis,glossitis, angular
stomatitis

Vitamin A

Vitamin B3 Niacin, niacinamide

Pellagra

Liver damage
(doses > 2g/day)
[12]
and other
problems

Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid

Paresthesia

Diarrhea; possibly
nausea and
heartburn.[14]

Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine,pyridoxamine,pyridoxal

Anemia[15] peripheral neuropathy

Impairment
ofproprioception,
nerve damage
(doses >
100 mg/day)

Vitamin B7 Biotin

Dermatitis, enteritis

Vitamin B9 Folic acid, folinic acid

Megaloblastic anemiaand
deficiency during pregnancy is
associated with birth defects,
such asneural tube defects

May mask
symptoms of
vitamin
B12 deficiency;other
effects.

Cyanocobalamin,hydroxocobalamin,methylcobalamin Megaloblastic anemia[16]

Acne-like rash
[causality is not
conclusively
established].

Vitamin C

Ascorbic acid

Scurvy

Vitamin C
megadosage

Vitamin D

Cholecalciferol (D3),Ergocalciferol (D2)

Rickets andosteomalacia

Hypervitaminosis D

Vitamin
B12