Term Name: vitamin biosynthetic process
Synonyms: vitamin anabolism, vitamin biosynthesis, vitamin formation, vitamin synthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a vitamin, one of a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009110]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: small molecule biosynthetic process vitamin metabolic process
has subtype: fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process