Structure and synthesis of Vitamines

By Purvesh Shah

Document from the year 2014 in the subject Chemistry - Organic Chemistry, grade: A-C, language: English, abstract: Here we discuss the structure and synthesis of various Vitamins. Vitamin A influences growth in animals, and also apparently increases resistance to disease. Night blindness is due to vitamin A deficiency in the human diet, and a prolonged deficiency leads to hardening of the cornea, etc. Vitamin A occurs free and as esters in fats, in fish livers and in blood. It was originally isolated as viscous yellow oil, but later it was obtained as a crystalline solid, m.p. 63-64 C.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3656613532
• ISBN13: 9783656613534
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"