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vitamernoun
Any of a combination of substances that, together, function as a vitamin.
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Vitamer
A vitamer of a particular vitamin is any of a number of chemical compounds, generally having a similar molecular structure, each of which shows vitamin-activity in a vitamin-deficient biological system. For instance, Vitamin A has at least six vitamer chemicals that all qualify as "vitamin A", each with slightly different properties. In such a system, "vitamin A" is termed the "generic descriptor" of the vitamin, which is defined by its biological properties in a vitamin deficient organism, not by its chemical structure. In the "vitamin A" system, four of the chemicals naturally found in foods are chemically carotenoids, found in certain plant foods like carrots. However, the retinol and retinal forms, which occur in animal-based foods, are several times as effective in humans, per microgram, as the carotenoid forms. In some cases these differences are extreme: for example the carotenoid forms of vitamin A cannot be absorbed by cats or ferrets at all, and therefore do not have vitamin A activity in these species. Typically, the vitamin activity of multiple vitamers is due to the body's ability to convert one vitamer to another, or many vitamers to the same enzymatic cofactor, which is active in the body as the important form of the vitamin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vitamer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vitamer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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