Approximate Vitamin / Chemical Food source Deficiency Disease

Year of Name
discovery
1913 Vitamin A (Retinol, Cod liver oil Night blindness,
retinal)
Keratomalacia
1910 Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Rice bran Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff
syndrome
1920 Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) Eggs Ariboflavinosis
1936 Vitamin Liver Pellagra
B3 (Niacin, niacinamide)
1931 Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Liver Paresthesia
acid)
1934 Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine, Rice bran Anemia, peripheral neuropathy.
pyridoxamine,
pyridoxal)
1931 Vitamin B7 (Biotin) Liver Dermatitis, enteritis
1941 Vitamin B9 (Folic Liver Deficiency during pregnancy is
acid, folinic acid) associated with birth defects,
such as neural tube defects
1926 Vitamin Liver Megaloblastic anemia
B12 (Cyanocobalamin,
hydroxycobalamin,
methylcobalamin)
1920 Vitamin C (Ascorbic Lemons Scurvy
acid)
1920 Vitamin D Cod liver oil Rickets and Osteomalacia
(Ergocalciferol,
cholecalciferol)
1922 Vitamin E (Tocopherols, Wheat germ oil, Sterility, Deficiency is very rare;
tocotrienols) mild hemolytic anemiain
Cosmetics and liver newborn infants
1929 Vitamin Alfalfa Hemophilia, Bleeding diathesis
K (phylloquinone,
menaquinones)