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A vitamin is an organic compound and a vital nutrient that an organism requires in limited amounts.

An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when the organism cannot synthesize the compound in sufficient quantities, and it must be obtained through the diet; thus, the term vitamin is conditional upon the circumstances and the particular organism.

For example, ascorbic acid (one form of vitamin C) is a vitamin for humans, but not for most other animal organisms.

Supplementation is important for the treatment of certain health problems, but there is little evidence of nutritional benefit when used by otherwise healthy people.

A nutrient is a component in foods that an organism uses to survive and grow.

Macronutrients provide the bulk energy an organism's metabolic system needs to function while micronutrients provide the necessary cofactors for metabolism to be carried out.

Both types of nutrients can be acquired from the environment.

Micronutrients are used to build and repair tissues and to regulate body processes while macronutrients are converted to, and used for, energy.

Methods of nutrient intake are different for plants and animals.

Plants take in nutrients directly from the soil through their roots and from the atmosphere through their leaves.

Animals and protists have specialized digestive systems that work to break down macronutrients for energy and utilize micronutrients for both metabolism and anabolism (constructive synthesis) in the body.

A dietary supplement is intended to provide nutrients that may otherwise not be consumed in sufficient quantities.

Adenosine monophosphate (AMP), also known as 5'-adenylic acid, is a nucleotide that is used as a monomer in RNA.

It is an ester of phosphoric acid and the nucleoside adenosine, which does not have the typical high energy bond of the so called adenosine monophosphate ("AMP") that arises on the hydrolysis of ATP.

AMP consists of a phosphate group, the sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine.

As a substituent it takes the form of the prefix adenylyl-.