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ChEBI
water-soluble vitamin (role)
- Term ID
- CHEBI:27314
- Synonyms
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- wasserloesliche Vitamine
- water-soluble vitamin
- water-soluble vitamins
- 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.
- References
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
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- inverse has_role
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from water-soluble vitamin (role)
Phenotype where environments contain water-soluble vitamin (role)
Phenotype modified by environments containing water-soluble vitamin (role)
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