Vitamins Flashcards
Primary function: Normal vision and normal cell development in the body
Deficiencies: Night blindness, dry eyes, softening of the cornea
Vitamin A
Primary function: A coenzyme for energy metabolism, nervous system function.
Deficiencies: Beriberi
Thiamin/Vitamin B1
Primary function: A coenzyme in energy metabolism, normal vision.
Deficiencies: Ariboflavinosis
Riboflavin
Primary function: A coenzyme in energy metabolism
Deficiency: Pellagra
Niacin/Vitamin B3
Primary function: Part of a coenzyme used in energy metabolism
Deficiency: Convulsions or Anemia
Pantothenic Acid
Primary function: Part of a coenzyme used in amino acid metabolism, helps make red blood cells, assists in the conversion of the amino acid tryptophan to the vitamin niacin/vitamin B3
Deficiency: Anemia, nerve damage, seizures, skin problems, sores in the mouth.
Vitamin B6
Primary function: Part of a coenzyme used in energy metabolism, used in cell growth, helps maintain a steady blood-sugar level, strengthens hair and nails.
Deficiency: Changes in mental state, dry skin, fine and brittle hair, fungal infections, hair loss or total alopecia, muscular pain, skin rash, seborrheic dermatitis.
Biotin
Primary function: Part of a coenzyme used in the synthesis of new cells
Deficiency: Behavioral disorders, diarrhea, loss of appetite, sore tongue, headaches, heart palpitations, infant neural tube defects, irritability, low birth weight babies, megaloblastic anemia, premature babies, weakness, weight loss..
Folate or Folic Acid
Primary function: Part of a coenzyme used in the synthesis of a new cells.
Deficiency: Megaloblastic anemia, nerve-cell death, numbness or tingling of the extremities, pernicious anemia.
Vitamin B12
Primary function: Antioxidant, collagen formation in the skin, helps immunity.
Deficiency: Scurvy
Vitamin C
Primary function: Maintains the normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood.
Deficiency: Osteomalacia, osteoporosis, rickets
Vitamin D
Primary function: Antioxidant
Deficiency: Neurological disorders leading to poor transmission of nerve impulses, muscle weakness, and degeneration of the retina.
Vitamin E
Primary function: Blood Clotting
Deficiency: Bleeding diathesis (causing problems with blood coagulation)
Vitamin K
