Exam 2 Flashcards
Describe the biological roles of vitamin a
It is involved in the light vision process and in the maintenance of certain epithelium tissues
Why are 3 major chemical forms of vitamin a
Retinoic acid
Retinol
Retinal
Name the major compound that bile acids are synthesized from
Cholesterol
What is the biological role of bile acids
Help transport the products of lipid digestion through the polar environment to the apical surface of the enterocytes
Why are polyunsaturated fatty acids more susceptible to oxidative damage than saturated fatty acids
Because of the double bonds
Why is the maximum amount of Se limited to no greater than 0.3ppm?
Because of the concern with toxicity
True or false: there is no vitamin C requirement for horses
True
True or false: niacin can be synthesized from the amino acid leucine
False
Amino acids menadione
______ is a vitamin involved in the blood-clotting process
vitamin k
Name the 3 major categories that dietary energy can be partitioned into
Water
Hear
Tissue/product
True or false: iodine value is a measure of the degree of saturation in fatty acids
False
It is the measure of un saturation
Identify the nutrient deficiencies associated with microcytic anemia
Accept Fe, Cu
Identify the nutrient deficiencies associated with macrocytic anemia
Vitamin B12
_____ chain lengths = ______ melting points
Longer
Higher
How to draw C16:2w6
CH3-C-C-C-C-C=C-C-C=…. COOH
-anoic means
Saturated fatty acid
Increase chain length = _____ melting point
Increase
Increase degree of unsaturation =
Decrease melting point
-enoic means
Unsaturated fatty acid
Higher _____ value = more _______ ___ = not as _____ = not appealing _____
Iodine
Unsaturated fats
Solid
Meat
______ saponification number = ______ degree of _______ fats
Increase
Greater
Saturated
Function: bone, teeth, nerve function, muscle function
Calcium
Macro minerals
Calcium
Phosphorus
Sodium
Potassium
Magnesium
Trace minerals
Iron
Copper
Zinc
Manganese
Selenium
Potassium function
Bone
ATP
Nuclei acids
Function: extracellular cation, nerve function, muscle function
Sodium
Function: intracellular cation, nerve function, muscle function
Potassium
Magnesium function
Bone
Teeth
Enzyme co-factor
Iron function
Hemoglobin
Cytochrome
Copper function
Oxidase enzymes
Zinc function
Cofactor enzyme
Function: decarboxylase enzymes, glycoprotein synthesis
Manganese
Function: glutathione peroxidase
Selenium
Calcium deficiency symptoms
rickets
Osteomalacia
Osteoporosis
Potassium deficiency symptoms
Rickets
Osteomalacia
Sodium deficiency symptoms
Slow growth
Decreased cardiac output
Impaired reproduction