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Chapter 1
Compound/group Chemical family Single substance Production in
tonnes per year
Vitamin A Retinols
Vitamin A1 2700
β-carotene 100
Other carotenoids 400
Vitamin D Calciferols Vitamin D3 25
Vitamin E Tocopherols,
tocotrienols
α-tocopherol 7000
Vitamin K Phylloquinone
Vitamin B1 Thiamin
Vitamin B2 Riboflavin 2000
Vitamin B3 Nicotinacid amide 12000
Vitamin B6 Pyridoxal group
Vitamin B12 Cobalamins 12
Vitamin C
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
Folic acid
Niacin
L-ascorbic acid 40000
Table 1.4: Compounds and groups classified as vitamins
Food industry
20 %
Figure 1.9: Use of vitamins by sectors
[6, Ullmann, 2001]
Pharmaceutical industry
30 %
1.3.4 Biocides and plant health products
1.3.4.1 Overview
[2, Onken, 1996, 23, US EPA, 2003]
Feed industry
50 %
Biocides and plant health products are substances or mixtures of substances intended for
preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. A more common term for these
products is “pesticides”, which is taken to include herbicides and other groups as detailed
below.
Pests are living organisms that occur where they are not wanted or where they cause damage to
crops or humans or other animals. Table 1.5 gives an overview of the types of biocides and
plant health products according to the type of pest they control, and Figure 1.10 gives some
examples of biocides and plant health products derived by chemical synthesis.
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