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What is the chemical name for vitamin A?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
          Answer & Explanation
         Answer: A) Retinol         
         
Explanation: Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids.
IUPAC Name :: (2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol
 
Vitamin Name - Chemical Name
Vitamin A   -     Retinol
Vitamin B1  -    Thiamine
Vitamin B2  -    Riboflavin
Vitamin B3  -    Niacin
Vitamin B5  -    Pantothenic acid
Vitamin B6  -    Pyridoxin
Vitamin B7  -    Biotin
Vitamin B9  -    Folic acid
Vitamin B12  -   Cyanocobalamin
Vitamin C     -   Ascorbic acid
Vitamin D     -   Calciferol
Vitamin E      -   Tocoferol
Vitamin K      -   Phylloquinone and Menaquinones
       
      
      
      
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