Vitamin Self Study

Question 1

Vitamins are ______ organic compounds and thus need to be ______. The two classes of Vitamins are _____(_____), and ____(___). _____ are stored in the liver and slowly metabolized.

Answer 1

different; ingested; Fat soluble (ADEK), and water soluble (BC); Fat soluble vitamins

Question 2

What are the 4 types of compounds included under vitamin A

Answer 2

Retinol, Retinal, Retanoic Acid (oxidation increases) and B-Carotene (yeilds - 2 retinal)

Question 3

Vitamin A Types: Describe the functions of (retinal, retinol, B-Carotene) vs Retinoic Acid.

Answer 3

(retinol,retinal,BC) - Vision, Bone Growth, Reproduction, Epithelial Cell Maintenance

Retinoic Acid - Epithelial cell growth and differentiation, Taste

Question 4

Vitamin A: Dietary Insufficiencies can lead to..

Answer 4

Blindness, Anemia, Acne and Psoriasis

Question 5

Vitamin E function

Answer 5

Antioxidant - Searches for free radical. NOTE: Oxidative damage to DNA is thought to lead to cancer. No correlations found.

Question 6

What type of fat has the propensity to form free radicals?

Answer 6

polyunsaturated fats..

Question 7

Water soluble vitamins acts are? Function as?

Answer 7

Coenzymes or electron carriers; B and C

Question 8

Vitamin B interferes with what antibiotic?

Answer 8

Tetracycline

Question 9

B complex vitamins: To Reason Never Pays Be Fore Crime

Answer 9

Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic, Pyridoxine, Biotin, Folic Acid, Cobalamine

Question 10

Deficiencies: B12, B9, B7, B2, B1

Answer 10

B12 - Neurological dysfunction. Anemia; B9 - Inhibition of DNA synthesis; B7 - Dermatitis, B2- oral-ocular-genital syndrome, B1 - Ataxia