Multiple choice

Where does the word vitamin come from?

  1. "Vital" and "amines".

  2. George Vitamin, the researcher who discovered vitamins.

  3. Vitaimmune, the first vitamin to be discovered.
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Explanation

The term "vitamin" was coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk in 1912, who combined "vital" (essential for life) and "amine" because he mistakenly believed all these organic substances contained nitrogen.

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