Vitamins Flashcards
1
Q
Vitamin D
A
Increases calcium in duodenum and distal tubule
2
Q
Active form of vitamin D
A
25 oh D3 in liver (storage)
1,25 oh2 D3 in kidney (active)
3
Q
Vitamin D deficiency in adults
A
Osteomalacia
4
Q
Vitamin A
A
Antioxidant (treats measles/retinitis pigmentosa)
Aura (seeing light)
Activation
Alopecia (too much A)
Abnormal pregnancy (birth defects)
5
Q
Vitamin K
A
K klotting factors 2,7,9,10,c,s
K ale (green leafy vegetables)
K o factor of gamma carboxylation
Not in breast milk
6
Q
Patients with a vegan diet can be low in
A
Calcium and vitamin D
7
Q
scurvy
A
- vitamin C deficiency
- cofactor for hydroxylation of proline and lysine, impaired wound healing, vascular fragility, follicular hyperkeratosis, corkscrew hairs
8
Q
Vitamin b3
A
Niacin, lowers VLDL increases HDL. Used with NAD+ or NADP+ reactions, needs pyridoxine, b2 and tryptophan to be synthesized
