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Vitamin K2 - Menaquinone (side chain length varies)
                         (in K1 - phylloquinone, n=3)

Involved in blood clotting, possibly part of prothrombin

Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid

Since everybody already knows almost everything about this vitamin, I'll
give the trivia a miss on this one...

Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine

Used in the production of antibodies, manufacture of haemoglobin, and
metabolism of proteins.

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Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin

One of the main antioxidant vitamins, a constituent of FAD and FMN
co-enzymes, also used as a yellowish colourant in food.

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The B Group Vitamins - also known as 'Vitamin B Complex'.

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Vitamin A - retinol

Amongst other uses in the body, combines with the protein opsin to form
rhodopsin (visual purple) in the eye's rod (night-vision) cells.

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and it's cold/flu season, I thought I'd have a go at the entire vitamin
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1.2 Name: L-Ascorbic Acid

1.3 Common Synonyms: Vitamin C

L-threo-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-1-hexenoic acid-4-lactone

1.4 Empirical Formula: C6H806

1.5 Structural Formula

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