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Why are vitamins identified by letters?

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Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis, gave the "factors" letter names, because their structures had not yet been determined.

Casimir Funk gave us 'Vitamines' in 1912 (later altered to Vitamins).

Development went on from that point with these folk leading the way.

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