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retinol/beta carotine
Vit A
Def: bitot spots, night blindness, dry skin, corneal ulceration
Vit A
Vit Teratogens
Vit A - cleft palate, cardiac defects
Thiamine
Vit B1
TPP (thiamine) is a cofactor for what rxns
Pyruvate dehydrogenase (TCA cycle), alpha-ketogluterate dehydrogenase (TCA cycle), Transketoase (hmp shunt), branche chain AA dehydrogenase
Wernicke-korsakoff, beriberi (wet- cardiac, dry - footdrop symmetrical muscle waisting) - brain and heart affected first. Seen in malnutrition and alcoholics
vit b1 def
Sxs: confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia (triad) + confabulation, personality change, memory loss (irreversible)
Wernicke-korsakoff
riboflavin
Vit B2
cofactor in oxidation and reduction
Vit B2 - riboflavin is a cofactor for FAD, FMN
cheilosis (agranular stomatitis - lip inflammation, scaling, fissures at corners of mouth), glossitis
Vit B2
niacin
Vit B3
constituant of NAD, NADPH - used in redox rxns. Derived from tryptophan.
Vit B3
Def: pallegra - diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis
Vit B3 (the 3 Ds)
Excess: facial flushing
Vit B3 - Niacin
pantothenate
Vit B5
pyridoxine
Vit B6
Def: convulsions, hyperirritability, peripheral neuropathy, inducible by isoniazid
Vit B6
biotin
vit b7
cofactor for carboxylation enzymes
vit b7 - biotin
folic acid
vit b9
converted to tetrahydrofolate, def in alcoholics and pregnancy
vit b9 - folate
cobalmin
vit b12
megaloblastic anemia + neuro problems
vit b12
ascorbic acid
vit c