Question: Which of the following vitamins is also known as Vitamin B₁?
Options:
Thiamin
Niacin
Pyridoxin
Pantothenic acid
📌📌Other Options:
-(b) Niacin: Niacin is Vitamin B₃. It is important for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
-(c) Pyridoxin: Pyridoxin is Vitamin B₆. It is involved in amino acid metabolism and the production of neurotransmitters.
-(d) Pantothenic acid: Pantothenic acid is Vitamin B₅. It is essential for the synthesis of coenzyme A, which is important for fatty acid metabolism.
🛑Aditional Information:
Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement.
-As a supplement, it is used to treat and prevent thiamine deficiency and disorders that result from it, including beriberi, Korsakoff's syndrome, and Korsakoff's psychosis.
-Beriberi is a deficiency disease caused by inadequately low amounts of Vitamin B1.
-Vitamins B is a class of water-soluble vitamins.
-Vitamin B refers to several different types of vitamins that, together, are known as the B-complex vitamins.
-The commonly used Vitamin B Complex consists of 8 vitamins.
-Thiamin (vitamin B-1)
-Riboflavin (vitamin B-2)
-Niacin (vitamin B-3)
-Pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5)
-Pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6)
-Biotin (vitamin B-7)
-Folate (vitamin B-9)
-Cobalamin (vitamin B-12)