Preferred Name

Vitamin, Other
Synonyms
Definitions

Organic substances belonging to diverse chemical families and present in foods in minute amounts, Vitamins are essential to normal metabolism and biochemical functions, usually as coenzymes. Vitamins can be classified by solubility: lipo-soluble (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) and water-soluble (B- complex). Lack of one or more vitamins in the diet cause metabolic deficiency diseases. (NCI04)

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26017

code

C26017

definition

Organic substances belonging to diverse chemical families and present in foods in minute amounts, Vitamins are essential to normal metabolism and biochemical functions, usually as coenzymes. Vitamins can be classified by solubility: lipo-soluble (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) and water-soluble (B- complex). Lack of one or more vitamins in the diet cause metabolic deficiency diseases. (NCI04)

label

Vitamin, Other

Legacy Concept Name

Vitamin_Other

Preferred_Name

Vitamin, Other

prefixIRI

NCIT:C26017

prefLabel

Vitamin, Other

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C0973669

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C1505

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