Chapter 9
Analysis of Vitamins
INTRODUCTION
Vitamins are the essential nutritional factors and potent organic compound requires great care to control their quality of their formulations.
CLASSIFICATION
They are mainly classified into two classes based on their solubility. They are as follows:
- Water soluble vitamins.
Example: Vitamins B and C
- Oil soluble vitamins.
Example: Vitamins A, D, E and K
ANALYSIS OF VITAMIN
Vitamin A is a light-sensitive compound. The structure of vitamin A is as follows:
Vitamin A is analysed by the following methods:
- Carr-Price method: Dilute solution of vitamin A is reacted with anhydrous antimony trichloride in ...
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