Water-soluble

Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is a water soluble vitamin required for collagen synthesis, where it acts as a cofactor for the enzym...

Thiamine, or vitamin B1, was the first B vitamin to be identified. Its story began with Christiaan Eijkman, who showed in the 1890...

Riboflavin, or vitamin B2, is a water soluble vitamin whose name reflects its ribose derived side chain and its yellow color, from...

Niacin, or vitamin B3, refers to nicotinic acid and nicotinamide, both precursors of the coenzymes NAD and NADP. Recommended intak...

Vitamin B6 comprises pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine and their phosphates, with pyridoxal 5 phosphate the active coenzyme f...

Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is the only vitamin that contains a metal ion, cobalt, and has the most complex structure of all the vi...

Folate, named from the Latin folium for leaf because it was first isolated from spinach leaves, occurs naturally in foods as tetra...

Pantothenic acid, vitamin B5, is a water soluble B vitamin whose name comes from the Greek pantothen, meaning from everywhere, ref...

Biotin, vitamin B7 and formerly called vitamin H, is a water soluble B vitamin that acts as a cofactor for carboxylase enzymes inv...