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Vitamin vs Biopotency - What's the difference?

vitamin | biopotency |

As nouns the difference between vitamin and biopotency

is that vitamin is any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders while biopotency is (biochemistry) a measure of the ability of a material (such as a hormone or vitamin) to have a specified biochemical function.

vitamin

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "vitamin") * vitamer * vitaminic * vitaminize * vitamin A ** vitamin A acid * vitamin B ** vitamin B complex, vitamin Bc]], , [[vitamin B17, vitamin B17 * vitamin C * vitamin D ** * vitamin E * vitamin F (obsolete) * vitamin G * vitamin H * vitamin J (obsolete) * vitamin K ** * vitamin M * vitamin P * vitamin R (slang) * vitamin V (slang)

    See also

    * vitamer

    References

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    biopotency

    English

    Noun

    (biopotencies)
  • (biochemistry) A measure of the ability of a material (such as a hormone or vitamin) to have a specified biochemical function