Vitamins are organic nutrients essential in the body metabolism they support health by helping regulate body functions and promoting resistance to diseases.
Vitamins are classified as fat soluble and water soluble.
Fat-Soluble Vitamins are vitamins stored in the fat, they include vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Water-Soluble Vitamins are vitamins dissolved by water, they include Vitamin C and the B vitamins.
Vitac Pharmaceutical Canada routinely test fat soluble and water-soluble vitamins, the quantification can be done on pure samples as for the standardization, or as vitamins included in different matrixes.
Among the matrixes tested
- Raw material
- Animal nutrition additives
- Pet food
- Natural health supplements
- Cosmetics
- Multivitamins tablets
| Fat-Soluble vitamins | Water-soluble vitamins |
| Vitamin A ( Retinol, Acetate, Palmitate) | Vitamin B1 ( Thiamine) |
| Vitamin D2 ( Ergocalciferol) | Vitamin B2 ( Riboflavin) |
| Vitamin D3 ( Cholecalciferol) | Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxin, Pyridoxamin, Pyridoxal) |
| Vitamin E ( Acetate, Tocopherol, succinate) | Vitamin B12 ( Cyanobalamine) |
| Vitamin K1 ( Phyllochinon) | Vitamin B3 ( Nicotinic acid, Nicotinamid) |
| Vitamin K2 ( Menaquinones) | Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) |
| Vitamin K3 ( Menadione) | Biotin |
| Beta-Carotin | Vitamin B9 ( Folic Acid) |
| Vitamin C ( Ascorbic acid) |