vitamins Flashcards
Fat-soluble (A, D, E, K)
Stored in adipose and liver, slow deficiency onset, toxicity
A Retinol deficient
night blind, poor dark adaptation
A hypervitaminosis
Yellow, 10x diet
A source
preformed animal or provitamin yellow to orange food, beta carotene by cm
D: Ca, Phos
D2 ergo: UV plant, D3 chole: human UV by cm then hydroxylation
D deficient
hyperCa, osteoporosis
E: antioxidant
Veg oil by cm, HA in premature infants
K: clot, deficiency
antibiotics, warfarin, infants bruise/ adult gum bleed
Water soluble (B1-B12)
excrete, fast deficiency
- Thiamine pyrophosphate
in muscle and organs make carb to energy
Beriberi
anorexia, tingle, memory loss, leg paralysis, (no skin lesion), in infants (heart fail, cyanosis)
- Riboflavin
coenzyme, 5 month store
riboflavin deficient
limited food, skin lesion, photosensitive, neurological, no paralysis
- Niacin
lipid lowering therapy, overdose flushing/vasodilation
Pellagra
limited food, skin lesion, photosensitive, neuro, paralysis