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0
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What is an enzyme which oxidizes a compound by removing hydrogen?

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Dehydrogenase

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What is a pro-enzyme and what’s the other name for it?

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aka a Zymogen is an inactive enzyme precursor which requires a biochemical change for it to become active

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What is an enzyme which adds hydrogen to a compound?

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Reductase

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What is an enzyme that causes oxygen in a compound to be changed to water?

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Oxidase

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What is the enzyme which catalyzes the release of a carboxyl group (as CO2) from compounds?

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decarboxylase

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What is the enzyme which adds inorganic phosphate to a substrate without using ATP?

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phosphorylase

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What is the enzyme that removes a phosphate group from its substrate?

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Phosphatase

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What is the enzyme that catalyzes the joining of 2 molecules?

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Ligase

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In an enzyme, a site other than the active site is called what?

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Allosteric site

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9
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This is a degradative process which breaks down large molecules into smaller units, releasing useful energy.

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Catabolism

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This is a biosynthetic process which constructs large molecules from smaller units, these reactions require energy.

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Anabolism

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_______ is a chemical covalent bond between glycerol and fatty acids?

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Ester bond

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12
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_______ is the chemical bond between 2 nucleotides?

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Phosphodiester

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13
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What metabolic pathways occur in the mitochondria?

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Fatty acid oxidation, TCA cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation

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14
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What metabolic pathways occur in the cytoplasm?

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Glycolysis, fatty acid synthesis, Pentose Phosphate pathway (HM shunt), and protein synthesis

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15
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What metabolic pathways occur in both mitochondria and cytoplasm?

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Heme synthesis, urea cycle, and gluconeogenesis (HUGs)

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What is the primary structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants?

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Cellulose

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17
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What breaks down starch into maltose and is present in the mouth?

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Salivary amylase

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18
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What enzyme is involved in the rate limiting step of glycolysis?

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Phosphofructokinase

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19
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Too much glucose-6-phosphate accumulating in a cell will cause the cell to ______?

A

Swell

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20
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Glucokinase is only found in what organ?

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Liver

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21
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The vast majority of gluconeogenesis takes place in what part of cells in what organ?

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Cytosol of liver cells

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22
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What is the purpose of the cori cycle and what is its net gain/or loss of ATP?

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To prevent lactic acid from building up in skeletal muscle

Net LOSS of 4 ATP

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23
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The process of gluconeogenesis is essentially the reversal of what metabolic pathway?

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Glycolysis

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24
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What is the essential co-enzyme to turn pyruvate into oxaloacetate in the 1st step of gluconeogenesis?

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Biotin (Vit. B7)

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25
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Gluconeogenesis only occurs in these 3 organs.

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Liver (mainly)
Kidney
Intestinal epithelium

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26
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What is the main fuel used to drive the Krebs cycle?

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Acetyl CoA

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27
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What is the enzyme that turns pyruvate from glycolysis into acetyl CoA?

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase

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28
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What are the end products of the Krebs cycle?

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3 NADH
1 FADH2
1 GTP

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29
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in the Krebs cycle?

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Isocitrate dehydrogenase (3rd step)

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30
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What is the only enzyme in the Krebs cycle that is bound to the mitochondrial membrane instead of being soluble in the mitochondrial matrix?

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Succinate dehydrogenase

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31
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Each pyruvate molecule sent into the Krebs cycle eventually yields how many ATP from the electron transport chain (ETC)?

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12 ATP

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32
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What’s the total # of ATP’s produced through glycolysis, krebs and ETC?

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38 ATPs

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33
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How does NADH and FADH2 cross the mitochondrial membrane to get into the ETC?

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Malate-aspartate shuttle OR

Glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle

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34
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What are proteins that contain iron called?

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Cytochromes

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35
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How does the Electron Transport Chain work?

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Who the fuck knows……

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36
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What is the other name for the cori cycle?

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Lactic acid cycle

37
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Which pathways purpose is to produce NADPH, and Ribose for DNA & RNA synthesis?

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Pentose Phosphate pathway

38
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Rate limiting enzyme in the Pentose Phosphate pathway?

A

Glucose 6-Phosphate dehydrogenase (1st step)

39
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What is the main enzyme in Glycogenesis?

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Glycogen synthase (allows glucose chains to be added to glycogen for more storage)

40
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What inhibits Glycogenesis?

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Epinephrine and Glucagon

41
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What is the major degradation enzyme in Glycogenolysis?

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Glycogen phosphorylase (Rate limiting enzyme)

42
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What is the important hormone in the regulation of Glycogenolysis?

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Cyclic AMP (cAMP)- Allows this to happen instead of Glycogenesis

43
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Which lipoprotein transports triglycerides from liver to tissues?

44
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Which lipoproteins are in the cis form?

45
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Which lipoproteins are in the trans form?

46
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Which lipoprotein transports dietary lipids from the intestine to other parts of the body?

A

Chylomicrons

47
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Which type of fatty acid has no double bonds?

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Saturated fatty acids

48
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What are some examples of essential fatty acids?

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Linoleic acid (omega-6)
Linolenic acid (omega-3)
49
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Breakdown of fatty acids occurs where?

A

mitochondria of adipocytes

50
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What is the purpose of Lipolysis (FA breakdown)?

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Produce Acetyl CoA which can enter the Krebs cycle

51
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What are the ketone body byproducts made by lipolysis?

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Actone, acetoacetate & beta-hydroxybutyrate (latter 2 converted to Acetyl CoA)

52
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Where are ketone bodies synthesized?

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Mitochondria of hepatocytes (liver)

53
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What is the molecule that causes fruity breath in diabetic ketacidosis?

54
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What converts acetyl CoA to malonyl CoA in Lipogensis?

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Acetyl CoA carboxylase (Rate limiting enzyme)

55
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Cholesterol is made mainly from what?

A

Acetyl CoA

56
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What are the 4 steps in the process of Lipogensis?

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Condensation
Reduction
Dehydration
Reduction

57
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Every amino acid has what 2 things in it’s structure?

A 
Amine (NH2)
Carboxyl Group (COOH) on the first (alpha) carbon atom
58
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What are the 10 essential amino acids?

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Phenylalanine, Valine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Leucine, Lysine

PVT TIM HALL

59
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What are the 10 non-essential amino acids?

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Proline, Tyrosine, Glycine, Alanine, Glutamine, Asparagine, Glutamate, Aspartate, Serine, Cysteine

PT GAGA GAS C

60
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Proteins are made in what part of cells?

61
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What amino acids are glucogenic?

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Histidine, Methionine, Threonine, and Valine (Essential)

As well as ALL non-essential except Tyrosine

62
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What amino acids are ketogenic?

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Luecine, Lysine (essential) & Tyrosine (non-essential)

63
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What amino acids are both glucogenic and ketogenic?

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Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, and Tryptophan (PIT)

64
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What Three things make up a nucleoTide?

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Pentose sugar (ribose, deoxyrib.)
Nitrogen base (Pyrine, pyrimidine)
Phosphate group
65
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What two things make up a nucleoside?

A 
Pentose sugar
Nitrogen base (Purine or pyrimidine)
66
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What are the pyrimidine bases?

A

Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil

67
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What are the purine bases?

A

Adenine

Guanine

68
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) is synthesized from a DNA template through a process called ______?

A

Transcription

69
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Release of DNA and RNA from cell death is broken down into?

A

Xanthine (which is converted to uric acid & can cause gout)

70
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What are the antioxidant vitamins and minerals?

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A, C, E, and selenium (ACEs)

71
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What is the active form of Vit. A?

A

Retinoic acid

72
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What is rachitic rosary (Vit. D deficiency)?

A

Swollen costochondral joints in the chest

73
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What is the role of Vit. E?

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An antioxidant which protects erythrocytes and membranes from free radical damage

74
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Vit. E deficiency will cause?

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Hemolytic anemia

75
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Vit. B1 (thiamine) is a cofactor for which enzymes?

A

Pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

76
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Magenta tongue is a deficiency of what Vitamin?

A

Vit. B2- Riboflavin

77
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Vit. B3 (Niacin) can be made in the body from what amino acid?

A

Tryptophan

78
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Niacin deficiency may present with?

79
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Vit. B5 deficiency can lead to what condition?

A

Burning feet syndrome

80
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Vit. B7 (Biotin) is used in what type of reactions?

A

Carboxylation reactions

81
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This Vitamin is used in the transfer of 1-carbon units in DNA and RNA synthesis, to make methionine and purines necessary for DNA synthesis and for the transfer of methyl groups.

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Vit. B9 (Folic Acid)

82
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Deficiency of this vitamin will cause megaloblastic anemia and a beef red tongue.

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Vit. B12 (Cobalamin)

83
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If def. of vitamin B12 is due to lack of intrinsic factor it is called?

A

Pernicious anemia

84
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Vit. C enhances the absorption of what mineral?

85
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What is the greatest source of iron in the diet?

A

Red meat (Most absorbable)

86
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Greatest dietary source of copper?

87
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Selenium deficiency causes what disease?

A

Kenshan’s disease

88
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What mineral helps insulin to bind to cells which helps glucose transport into cells?

89
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Greatest source of chromium?

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