Nutrition Exam 3

Question 1

What is the generic name for Vitamin E

Answer 1

Tocopherol

Question 2

What nutrient strengthen cell membrane and augment such functions as drug metabolism, heme bio synthesis, and neuromuscular function?

Answer 2

Vitamin E

Question 3

Phylloquinone

Answer 3

is the plant form of Vitamin K

Question 4

Menanquinones:

Answer 4

bacteria form of vitamin K

Question 5

Vitamin K deficiency in liver diseases is characterized by

Answer 5

decreased synthesis of prothrombin

Question 6

Deficiency of this nutrient can cause hemorrhagic diseases in newborn

Answer 6

Vitamin K

Question 7

The formation and stablization of collagen and conversion of tyrosine to catecholamines results in

Answer 7

vitamin c

Question 8

This vitamin is a heat labile coenzyme for transketolase in pentose monophosphate shunt

Answer 8

Vitamin B1

Question 9

This vitamin is aggravated by magnesium deficiency, and sleep disorders

Answer 9

Vitamin B1

Question 10

Wernecki’s encephalopathy is associated with which vitamin?

Answer 10

Vitamin B-1

Question 11

Flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide comprise of

Answer 11

Vitamin B2- Riboflavin

Question 12

What vitamin efficiency is met by the conversion of dietary tryptophan?

Answer 12

Vitamin B3- Niacin

Question 13

What vitamin is a cofactor NAD and NADP

Answer 13

Vitamin B3- Niacin

Question 14

What vitamin lowers cholesterol and triglycerides and could result in pellagra if there is a deficiency?

Answer 14

Vitamin B3- Niacin

Question 15

Deficiency of this vitamin can result in hyerhomocystemia

Answer 15

Vitamin B6- pyridoxine

Question 16

This vitamin is water soluble but in extremely high doses may cause peripheral neuropathy

Answer 16

Vitamin B6- pyridoxine

Question 17

Deficiency of this vitamin can result in megaloblastic anemia, decreased platelets, glositits, nausea, and diarrhea. Boiling food in large quantities can result in its’ destruction.

Answer 17

Folate

Question 18

What are the antagonists for folate?

Answer 18

Dilantin

Question 19

Gastric resection and crohn’s disease can cause decreased levels of

Answer 19

Vitamin B12

Question 20

Vitamin B 12 is stored in the

Answer 20

liver

Question 21

This vitamin is a coenzyme for several enzymes that transport carboxyl units in tissue, and is bound to protein

Answer 21

Biotin

Question 22

This vitamin plays an integral role in gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, and fatty acid synthesis

Answer 22

Biotin

Question 23

This vitamin is destroyed by heat, part of coenzyme A, and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins

Answer 23

Pantothenic acid