VITAMINS ASSIGNMENTS
Could you pick up one vitamin (except vitamin K), and explain its structures, deficiency
and physiological functions in 500 words?
Name
Institution
Course
Phone
Vitamin B12
Structure
Vitamin B 12 is known to be the only biomolecule that is essential, and with a metal-
carbon that is stable. Also known as Cobalamin, its compound is Organometallic. Vitamin B12
contains various side groups that are attached to the core of the molecule. The center is a corrin
ring with four pyrrole subunits, two of the subunits are directly connected. Each pyrolle is
coordinated via its nitrogen component to the central cobalt action. He core of the molecule
Could you pick up one vitamin (except vitamin K), and explain its structures, deficiency
and physiological functions in 500 words?
Name
Institution
Course
Phone
Vitamin B12
Structure
Vitamin B 12 is known to be the only biomolecule that is essential, and with a metal-
carbon that is stable. Also known as Cobalamin, its compound is Organometallic. Vitamin B12
contains various side groups that are attached to the core of the molecule. The center is a corrin
ring with four pyrrole subunits, two of the subunits are directly connected. Each pyrolle is
coordinated via its nitrogen component to the central cobalt action. He core of the molecule
