Research Article
FoodWiki: Ontology-Driven Mobile Safe Food Consumption System
Table 10
The model used while creating the subclasses and individual entries of some well-known vitamins in the FOKB.
| Vitamin | Vitamin chemical name(s) | Solubility | Recommended dietary allowances | Deficiency disease | Upper intake level | Overdose disease |
| Vitamin A | Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids including beta carotene | Fat | 900 µg | Night-blindness, hyperkeratosis, and keratomalacia | 3,000 µg | Hypervitaminosis A |
| Vitamin B1 | Thiamine | Water | 1.2 mg | Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome | N/D | Drowsiness or muscle relaxation with large doses |
| Vitamin B2 | Riboflavin | Water | 1.3 mg | Ariboflavinosis, glossitis, and angular stomatitis | N/D | |
| Vitamin B3 | Niacin, Niacinamide | Water | 16.0 mg | Pellagra | 35.0 mg | Liver damage (doses > 2 g/day) and other problems |
| Vitamin C | Ascorbic Acid | Water | 90.0 mg | Scurvy | 2,000 mg | Vitamin C mega dosage |
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