Term info
database cross reference
- NCIt:C944
- Wikipedia:Vitamin
- SNOMEDCT:87708000
Subsets
3_STAR
definition
A biochemical role played by any micronutrient that is an organic compound. Vitamins are present in foods in small amounts and are essential to normal metabolism and biochemical functions, usually as coenzymes. The term "vitamines" (from vita + amines) was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk, who believed that these compounds were amines.
has alternative id
CHEBI:10004, CHEBI:27305
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
vitamines, vitaminas, vitamins, vitamine, vitaminum, vitamina, vitamin
id
CHEBI:33229