Why are vitamins named the way they are? (A, B, C, D, E and so on)

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aregularbeaneater@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 3y (3 replies)

They are just the abbreviated full names: Vitamin Alfredo, Vitamin Beef, Vitamin Cheese, Vitamin Deez Nuts, and Vitamin Egg

clueless_stoner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
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MrGreebles@lemmy.one · 6 pts · 3y

Geez, this one got me, thank you good sir

Fauxaly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Lol

BedbugCutlefish@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y

They were just alphabetical, A was the first one they found, B the second, etc.

Except, K was named "Koagulation" from the fact it helps blood coagulate

And also, the "B vitamins" were originally one extract, a serum used to treat a disease caused by B vitamin deficiency. Later, we learned that serum actually had several different molecules in it, now seperated as B2, B6, etc.

BuckShot686@beehaw.org · 9 pts · 3y

They were labeled alphabetically based on when they were discovered. Also, Vitamin D's label was a misnomer as it's converted into a vital hormone needed for the body to properly function.

unpopular@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

When they were naming vitamins they must have thought there were going to be way more vitamins than there ended up being. OK let's name these: Vitamin A, Vitamin B... Ok, man, slow down, we've got a lot to cover here. B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B12. Then they got to E and they were like 'We're pretty much done. We've got all those damn B's. This is embarrassing. Let's just skip to K and get the hell out of here.

Butters@lemmywinks.com · 1 pts · 3y

There’s no vitamin F.