Micronutrients- 1

Question 1

What are organic substances present in small amounts in natural foodstuffs, which are essential to normal metabolism and lack of which causes deficiency diseases?

Answer 1

Vitamins

Question 2

What type of vitamins are A, D, E, K?

Answer 2

Fat soluble

Question 3

What type of vitamins are B and C?

Answer 3

Water soluble

Question 4

Normal ____ cell production requires iron, folate, pyridoxin, and cobalamin

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

What is caused by B12 deficiency?

Answer 5

Macrocytic anemia

Question 6

What is caused by iron deficiency?

Answer 6

Microcytic anemia

Question 7

Hem iron in meat and fish is _______ absorbable and non-hem from plants is _____ absorbable

Answer 7

Highly
Less

Question 8

Non-hem iron absorption maybe be increased by what vitamin?

Answer 8

Vitamin C

Question 9

What vitamin is important for epithelial health?

Answer 9

A

Question 10

What vitamin is found in the form of retinal and beta carotene?

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Cats cannot cleave beta carotene —> so they cannot store ______

Answer 11

Retinol

Question 12

What is stored in the liver and kidneys?

Answer 12

Retinol

Question 13

Carotenoids can be _______ with storage heat or direct sunlight

Answer 13

Destroyed

Question 14

What is an essential mineral required in the diet in micro amounts?

Answer 14

Zinc

Question 15

What is a cofactor for the enzyme SOD that is important as it catalyzes the disputation of superoxidase radicals to molecule oxygen and hydrogen peroxide providing cellular defense against reactive oxygen species?

Answer 15

Zinc

Question 16

What is high in red meat, liver and kidneys?

Answer 16

Zinc

Question 17

What can be added to pig diets to enhance zinc?

Answer 17

Phytase