Chemistry 3 Flashcards
Pneumonic for B vitamins
The Reason Nice Pandas Pick Bananas For Cubs
Which vitamin is formed in the body from dietary tryptophan?
Niacin (B3)
How would ariboflavonis present in a patient?
Cheilosis and magenta tongue (possible dermatitis)
Deficiency of this vitamin would cause pallegra
B3 (niacin)
Dry beriberi, wet beriberi and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome are all pathologies from deficiency of what vitamin?
B1 (thiamine)
How would you remember the deficiency of vitamin B5?
“burn feet on the pan” -pantothenic acid deficiency (uncommon):burning feet syndrome
What is the only toxic B vitamin?
B6
How do you remember pyrimidine bases?
Cut the Py (cytosine, uracil, thymine)
How do you remember purine bases?
Pure as gold (adenine and guanine)
How do you remember the codon parings for DNA?
All Tall Cute Girls Dance (ATCG)
How do you remember codon parings for RNA?
“All University Girls Come Running” (AUGC)