Talk:Vitamer

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I created this article because the terms we know as "vitamins" (like vitamin A) are mere "generic descriptors" of whole families of biochemical compounds. These compounds are known as vitamers, a term universally used by scientists who work with nutrient biochemistry and assay. I've given both dictionary and scientific references, and anybody who'd like more is welcome to go to Google Scholar or pubmed and simply type in "vitamer" for a list of peer-reviewed scientific papers which use the word in the title or body, as a technical term. More than 2000 papers use the term, as a pubmed search on it as a text word will show ([1]; type in "vitamer"). A list of such papers is far too long an exhaustive to give here, nor appropriate. The term predates 1944 and I don't know who first proposed it, but it is now used universally. I'll add the original neologism etymology reference, when I locate it. Meanwhile, please do not delete this article without discussing it here, or with me on my TALK page. Better yet, do the pubmed search suggested above if you're not familiar with the literature, and have a look. SBHarris 22:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)