• BedbugCutlefish@lemmy.world
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    They were just alphabetical, A was the first one they found, B the second, etc.

    Except, K was named “Koagulation” from the fact it helps blood coagulate

    And also, the “B vitamins” were originally one extract, a serum used to treat a disease caused by B vitamin deficiency. Later, we learned that serum actually had several different molecules in it, now seperated as B2, B6, etc.

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    They were labeled alphabetically based on when they were discovered. Also, Vitamin D’s label was a misnomer as it’s converted into a vital hormone needed for the body to properly function.

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    When they were naming vitamins they must have thought there were going to be way more vitamins than there ended up being. OK let’s name these: Vitamin A, Vitamin B… Ok, man, slow down, we’ve got a lot to cover here. B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B12. Then they got to E and they were like 'We’re pretty much done. We’ve got all those damn B’s. This is embarrassing. Let’s just skip to K and get the hell out of here.