Fat Soluble Vitamins Flashcards
Group of compounds referred to as retinoids
Vitamin A
Most common retinoids
Retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid
Vitamin A can also be made from __________ and other similar compounds known as the _________, which are antioxidants.
Beta-carotene; carotenoids
Vitamin A critical roles in human health
Vision, immune function, and for human development.
Often referred to as vitamin A1. It is converted into retinal in the human body.
Retinol
Converts light into signals that the brain turns into vision.
Retinal
Directly affects expression of genes and is often used as a treatment of some skin conditions, such as acne, as it can control protein production that contributes to acne.
Retinoic acid
Plays many critical roles in human health, including immune function, bone formation, and calcium metabolism.
Vitamin D
The most common ones are known as the tocopherols and the tocotrienols, each of which has four types: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta
Vitamin E
Reducing the oxidation of fatty acids that make up cell membranes and other critical structures within cells
One the main mechanisms by which vitamin E protects cells
Vitamin E deficiency
neurological disorders that include uncontrolled movement and slurred speech. Furthermore, vitamin E supplementation has been shown to be beneficial on lipid peroxidation and measures of oxidative damage even in otherwise healthy people
Family of compounds known as the phylloquinones and menaquinones
Vitamin K
Phylloquinones is Vit?
K1
Menaquinones is Vit
K2
Involved in regulating blood homeostasis by controlling clotting. It also plays critical roles in bone formation and remodeling as well as working synergistically with vitamin D.
Vitamin K
