Nutrition

Question 1

Vitamin A sources

Answer 1

Dark green and yellow vegetables and tomatoes. Assist in vision, embryonic development and maintenance of cell growth, prolif. and differentiation

Question 2

Vitamin D sources

Answer 2

Mushrooms. Assist with bone metab and Ca homeostasis

Question 3

Vitamin E sources

Answer 3

Wheat germ, Avocado, sunflower oil. Helps with reaction oxygen species scavenger

Question 4

Vitamin K sources

Answer 4

Green leafy, fruits, intestinal microflora. Blood clotting factor.

Question 5

Vitamin B1 thiamin sources

Answer 5

Legumes. Involved in Carb and A.A metab.

Question 6

Vitamin B2 sources

Answer 6

Wheat germ, leafy vegetables. Involved as oxidoreductases, FMN and FAD.

Question 7

Vitamin B3 niacin sources

Answer 7

Legumes, wheat. Involved as oxidoreductases, NA and NADP.

Question 8

B6 sources

Answer 8

Animal products, whole grains. Carb, lipid and A.A metab. Synthesis of neurotransmitters, sphingolipids and heme.

Question 9

B9 folate sources

Answer 9

Leafy veget destroyed in cooking, fruits, whole grain, nuts. One carbon transfers, choline syn. of A.A, syn of purines and pyriminidines. .

Question 10

Calcium sources

Answer 10

Dark leafy, tofu, broccoli, cauliflower. Can inhibit absorption of non heme iron. Muscle contract, cell transport, bone metab.

Question 11

Dark leafy vegetables refer to

Answer 11

collards, kale, spinach, swiss chard, turnip & mustard greens

Question 12

Vitamin A synonym

Answer 12

Retinol, Retinal, retinoic acid

Question 13

Vitamin D synonym

Answer 13

Cholecalciferol, ergocalciferol

Question 14

Vitamin E synonym

Answer 14

Tocopherols

Question 15

Vitamin K synonym

Answer 15

2-methyl-1,4-naptholoquinone

Question 16

Vitamin B1 synonym

Answer 16

Thiamine

Question 17

Vitamin B2 synonym

Answer 17

Riboflavin

Question 18

Vitamin B3 synonym

Answer 18

Niacin

Question 19

Vitamin B6 synonym

Answer 19

Pyridoxine

Question 20

Vitamin B9 synonym

Answer 20

Folic acid

Question 21

B12 synonym

Answer 21

Cobalamin

Question 22

Vitamin C synonym

Answer 22

Ascorbic acid

Question 23

B12 Folate

Answer 23

None in plants. Heme structuring and folate recycling.

Question 24

Vitamin C

Answer 24

Found in fruits and veg like apples. Aids in absorp of non heme iron. Antioxidant function, collagen synthesis, bile acid synth and neurotransmitter synth.