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Nutrient list
List started by
skud
for the Food domain
Nutrients are the chemicals in food which, when digested, provide energy or have other effects on the body.
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| Vitamin C |
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Chemical Compound |
Vitamin C or -ascorbate is an essential nutrient for a large number of higher primate species, a small number of other mammal species (notably guinea pig and bat), a few species of birds, and some fish.
The presence of ascorbate is required for a...
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| Iron |
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Chemical Element |
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a group 8 and period 4 element. Iron is a lustrous, silvery soft metal. It is one of the few ferromagnet elements.
Iron and nickel are notable for being the final...
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Carbohydrates (from 'hydrate of carbon') or saccharides (Greek σάκχαρον meaning "sugar") are the most abundant of the four major classes of biomolecule, which also include protein, lipid and nucleic acid. They fill numerous roles in living things,...
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| Niacin |
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Niacin, also known as vitamin B, is a water-soluble vitamin which prevents the deficiency disease pellagra. It is an organic compound with the molecular formula CHNO. It is a derivative of pyridine, with a carboxyl group (COOH) at the 3-position....
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Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D (or cholecalciferol). The term vitamin D also refers to metabolite and other analogues of these substances. Vitamin D is...
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| Vitamin A |
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Vitamin A is an essential human nutrient. Vitamin A actually refers to a family of similarly shaped molecules: the retinoids. Its important part is the retinyl group, which can be found in several forms. In foods of animal origin, the major form of...
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| Omega-3 fatty acid |
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n−3 fatty acids (popularly referred to as ω−3 fatty acids or omega-3 fatty acids) are a family of unsaturated fatty acid that have in common a carbon–carbon double bond in the ''n''−3 position; that is, the third bond from the methyl end of the...
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| Magnesium |
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Chemical Element |
Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and the atomic number 12. Magnesium is the ninth most abundant element in the universe by mass. It constitutes about 2% of the Earth's crust by mass, and it is the third most abundant element...
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| Calcium |
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Chemical Element |
Calcium is the chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. It has an atomic mass of 40.078. Calcium is a soft grey alkaline earth metal, and is the fifth most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust. Calcium is also the fifth...
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| Zinc |
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Chemical Element |
Zinc (, from ) is a metal chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. In nonscientific context it is sometimes called spelter. Commercially pure zinc is known as Special High Grade, often abbreviated SHG, and is 99.995% pure.
Zinc is...
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| Vitamin B6 |
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Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin. Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is the active form and is a cofactor in many reactions of amino acid metabolism, including transamination, deamination, and decarboxylation. PLP also is necessary for the enzymatic...
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| Vitamin E | Medical Treatment |
Vitamin E is the collective name for a set of 8 related tocopherol and tocotrienol, which are fat-soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties. Of these, α-tocopherol (also written as alpha-tocopherol) has been most studied as it has the highest...
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| Riboflavin |
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Chemical Compound |
Riboflavin (E101), also known as vitamin B, is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. It is the central component of the cofactor FAD and FMN, and is therefore required by all flavoprotein. As...
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| Vitamin K |
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Vitamin K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian) denotes a group of lipophilic, hydrophobic vitamins that are needed for the posttranslational modification of certain proteins, mostly required for blood coagulation....
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| Fat |
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Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. Chemically, fats are generally triesters of glycerol and fatty acid. Fats may be either solid or liquid at normal room...
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| Sugar |
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Ingredient |
Sugar is a class of edible crystal substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste bud interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit,...
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