Vitamins Flashcards
What is vitamin?
Organic compounds
Small in amounts
Maintenance &growth
Endogenous vitamins names
Niacin
Vitamin D
Vitamin k
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
Endo Vitamin. Synthesized body
Niacin and vit D
Endo Vitamin synthesized in the body
Vitamin k
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
Niacin is synthesized from
Tryptophan
Vitamin D synthesized. from
7-dehydrocholestrol
Which vitamin are synthe sized by the intestinal flora
Vitamin k
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
Classifications of vitamins
Fat and water
Fat vitamins names
A D E K
Water vitamins names
B complex vitamins and vitamins C
Bcomplex vitamins names
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Niacin
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
Folic acid
Cobalamine
Pyridoxine
Vit B 1
Thiamin
B2
Riboflavin
B3
Niacin
B5
Pan A , biotin
B9
Folic acid
B12
Cobalamin
B6
Pyridoxine
Energy releasing b complex vitamin
B 1,2 ,3 ,5
Hematopoietic b complex vira
B 9,12
Others vit b complex
B6
Function of fat soluble vitamins in terms of absorption which is different with water soluble vitamin
Needs chylomicron for absorption
Excretion of which type of hormone is in urine
Water-soluble
Storage site of fat vitamin
Liver and adipose tissue
Presence of Toxicity
Both fat and water except niacin
Which vitamins act as co enzymes
Water soluble
But in fat soluble only vitamin k can act