Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:33229
Name
vitamin
Ontology
Synonyms
Vitamin, vitamina, vitaminas, vitamine, vitamines, vitamins, vitaminum
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any micronutrient that is an organic compound. The term "vitamines" (from vita + amines) was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk, who believed that these compounds were amines. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of vitamin (CHEBI:33229)
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vitamin [is_a relation] is_a  biochemical role (CHEBI:52206)
vitamin [is_a relation] is_a  micronutrient (CHEBI:27027)
Children of vitamin (CHEBI:33229)
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water-soluble vitamin (CHEBI:27314) [is_a relation] is_a  vitamin
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