List of Vitamins By Generic Descriptor, With Some of Their Vitamers Including Active Forms
| Vitamin generic descriptor name |
Vitamer chemical name(s) or chemical class of compounds (list not complete) |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids: the carotenes alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, gamma-carotene; and the xanthophyll beta-cryptoxanthin |
| Vitamin B1 | Thiamine, Thiamine pyrophosphate |
| Vitamin B2 | Riboflavin, Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) |
| Vitamin B3 | Niacin, niacinamide |
| Vitamin B5 | Pantothenic acid, panthenol, pantethine |
| Vitamin B6 | Pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, pyridoxal 5-phosphate |
| Vitamin B7 | Biotin |
| Vitamin B9 | Folic acid, folinic acid, 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate |
| Vitamin B12 | Cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin |
| Vitamin C | Ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, other salts of ascorbic acid |
| Vitamin D | ergocalciferol (D2), cholecalciferol (D3) |
| Vitamin E | Tocopherols (d-alpha, d-beta, d-gamma, and d-delta-tocopherol), tocotrienols |
| Vitamin K | phylloquinone(K1), menaquinones (K2), menadiones (K3) |
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