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Who discovered vitamins?

Correct answer A. Casimir Funk

Explanation

Polish biochemist Casimir Funk coined the term vitamine in 1912 after isolating an anti-beriberi substance, proposing that diseases like scurvy and pellagra result from missing dietary factors.

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