characteristic of inheres in inheres_in inheres in chemical entity micronutrient vitamin (role) vitamin CHEBI:10004 wikipedia.en:Vitamin vitamines CHEBI:33229 vitamins SNOMEDCT:87708000 chebi_ontology vitaminum CHEBI:27305 vitaminas vitamina NCIt:C944 vitamine A biochemical role played by any micronutrient that is an organic compound. Vitamins are present in foods in small amounts and are essential to normal metabolism and biochemical functions, usually as coenzymes. The term "vitamines" (from <em>vita</em> + amines) was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk, who believed that these compounds were amines.