Multiple choice

Who coined the term “Vitamin”?

  1. Frederick Hopkins

  2. Casmir Funk

  3. Gregor Mendel

  4. Robert Cook
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Explanation

Casimir Funk discovered that certain substances were vital for life and coined the term 'vitamine' in 1912, later shortened to 'vitamin'. The name combines 'vita' (life) and 'amine' (a chemical group he thought these compounds contained). Funk's work on beriberi led to isolating thiamine (vitamin B1). Hopkins contributed to discovering vitamins but did not name them.

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