water-soluble vitamin (role)
CHEBI:CHEBI_27314
Definition
Any vitamin that dissolves in water and readily absorbed into tissues for immediate use. Unlike the fat-soluble vitamins, they are not stored in the body and need to be replenished regularly in the diet and will rarely accumulate to toxic levels since they are quickly excreted from the body via urine.
Alternative Names
- wasserloesliche Vitamine
- water-soluble vitamin
- water-soluble vitamins
Drug Classification
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vitamin (role)View Class →
CHEBI:33229
Important Medical Information
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Additional Identifiers
- core#notation
- CHEBI:27314
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Additional Attributes
- oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
- chebi_ontology
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:27314
- core#notation
- CHEBI:27314
- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- RO_0000087
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25848
- owl#someValuesFrom
- t286619
- owl#annotatedSource
- t158546