Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
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Last submission date June 16, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33229
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33229
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/EFO/CHEBI_33229
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vitamin (role)

Synonyms
vitamin vitamina vitamine vitaminas vitamines vitamins vitaminum
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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.
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