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WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water-soluble vitamin mean?
• WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN (noun)
The noun WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN has 1 sense:
1. any vitamin that is soluble in water
Familiarity information: WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any vitamin that is soluble in water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("water-soluble vitamin" is a kind of...):
vitamin (any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water-soluble vitamin"):
B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)
bioflavinoid; citrin; vitamin P (a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation)
ascorbic acid; C; vitamin C (a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy)
Context examples
Class of water-soluble vitamins that are coenzymes in single-carbon transfers in the metabolism of nucleic and amino acids.
(Folate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Water-soluble vitamin that is a cosubstrate or coenzyme with numerous dehydrogenases for the transfer of the hydride ion.
(Niacin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A water-soluble vitamin ubiquitously found in plants and animal tissues with antioxidant property.
(Pantothenic acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Water-soluble vitamin that is a component of coenzyme A and phosphopantetheine, which are involved in fatty acid metabolism.
(Pantothenic acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A water-soluble vitamin of the B complex occurring in various animal and plant tissues.
(Niacin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A natural water-soluble vitamin (Vitamin C).
(Ascorbic acid, NCI Thesaurus)
The calcium salt of the water-soluble vitamin B5, ubiquitously found in plants and animal tissues with antioxidant property.
(Calcium Pantothenate, NCI Thesaurus)
A cobalt-containing coordination compound generated by intestinal microbes, and a natural water-soluble vitamin of the B-complex family that must combine with Intrinsic Factor for absorption by the intestine.
(Cyanocobalamin, NCI Thesaurus)
Water-soluble vitamin that is a coenzyme in bicarbonate-dependent carboxylation.
(Biotin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Water-soluble vitamin that is a precursor for acetylcholine, phospholipids, and the methyl donor betaine.
(Choline, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
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