Nutrition Flashcards
What is the function of Vitamin A?
Antioxidant
Constituent of retinal
Deficiency in Vitamin A results in what symptoms? (3)
Night blindness
Dry skin
Corneal degradation
Excess Vit A results in what? (3)
Arthralgias
Skin changes
Osteoporosis
What is the function of vitamin B1?
TPP cofactor for several dehydro rxns
Deficiency in Vitamin B1 results in what?
Impaired glucose breakdown
Ber1 ber1
What are the three enzymes that need vitamin B1? (hint: ATP)
Alpha ketoglutarate
Trans Ketoglutarate
Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Ophthalmoplegia + ataxia + Confabulation = ?
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
What is dry beri-beri? (2 symptoms)
polyneuritis
symmetrical muscle wasting
What is wet Beri Beri?
high CO
Edema
What is the function of Vitamin B2?
FAD and FMN component
FAD and FMN are derived from what vitamin?
RiboFlavin B2 (B2 = 2 ATP)
Deficiency in vitamin B2 results in what symptoms? (two Cs)
Cheilosis and corneal vascularization
What is the function of Vitamin B3 (niacin)?
Part of NAD and NADP
Deficiency in niacin (vit B3) results in what? (3 Ds or B3)
Dementia
Dermatitis
Diarrhea
(Death)
Excess vitamin B3 results in what symptoms?
Facial flushing
What is the function of vitamin B5 (pantothenate)?
Part of CoA
Deficiency in vitamin B5 =?
Dermatitis, enteritis, alopecia
What is the function of vitamin B6?
Cofactor for transamination (ALT, AST)
Deficiency in vit B6 = ?
Convulsions, peripheral neuropathy
What is the function of vitamin B7?
Cofactor for carboxylation enzymes
Deficiency of vitamin B7 = ?
Dermatitis, alopecia, enteritis
What is the function of B9 (folic acid)?
Converted to THF, a coenzymes needed for 1-carbon methylation rxns
Deficiency of vitamin B9= ?
macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia
B12 is a cofactor in what reaction?
for homocysteine methyltransferase
Deficiency in B12 results in what (2)?
Megaloblastic anemia, degeneration of the dorsal columns.