Vitamins

Question 1

Water soluble vitamins:

Answer 1

b,c

Question 2

fat soluble vitamins:

Answer 2

a,d,e,k,

Question 3

first vitamin discovered?

Answer 3

thiamine

Question 4

vitamins are what compounds?

Answer 4

organic compounds with essential biochemical functions

Question 5

what aids in fat soluble vitamin absorption?

Answer 5

bile

Question 6

pancreas does what to help digestion?

Answer 6

digestive enzymes help release vitamin A

Question 7

Bacteria make what vitamins?

Answer 7

K

biotin

Question 8

Vitamin C stored?

Answer 8

Nope

Question 9

Vitamin B2 is?

Answer 9

Riboflavin

Question 10

Thiamine biological role?

Answer 10

carb, protein, fat metabolism

nerve function

Question 11

Thiamine in starvation?

Answer 11

rapid depletion in 2 weeks

Question 12

energy derived by aerobic metabolism of sugars and dependent on?

Answer 12

thaimin

Question 13

Vitamin B3 is?

Answer 13

Niacin

Question 14

beri beri characterized by?

Answer 14

weakness
paralysis
anaemia
wasting

Question 15

wernicke-korsakoff syndrome is deficiency in?

Answer 15

thiamin

Question 16

Vitamin B6 is?

Answer 16

Pyridoxine

Question 17

B2 biological role?

Answer 17

electron carrier

carb, protein, fat metabolism

Question 18

classic sign of riboflavin deficiency?

Answer 18

swollen magenta tongue

Question 19

Role of Niacin

Answer 19

electron carrier (NADH, NADPH)
Carb, protein, fat metabolism

Question 20

Deficiency of Niacin results in?

Answer 20

Pellagra

Question 21

Vitamin B6 pyridoxine biological role?

Answer 21

amino acid metabolism

Question 22

Biological role of Biotin?

Answer 22

adding CO2

Question 23

How to get deficiency of Biotin?

Answer 23

if you eat lots of raw eggs

Question 24

What antagonizes biotin?

Answer 24

Avidin

Question 25

Folate biological role?

Answer 25

one carbon metabolism, purines for DNA

Question 26

Folate deficiency give what in blood? in pregnancy?

Answer 26

macrocytic anaemia

neural tube defect

Question 27

Tongue in folic acid deficiency?

Answer 27

Glossitis, red painful, shiny, smooth surface

Question 28

Vitamin B12 biological role

Answer 28

folate metabolism, co enzyme cobalt

Question 29

B12 deficiency gives?

Answer 29

pernicious anaemia

yellow-ish tint, smooth skin, premature grey, light coloured irises

Question 30

Intrinsic factor need what to absorb?

Answer 30

parietal cells

Question 31

Vitamin C biological role?

Answer 31

cofactor in collagen synthesis

Question 32

vitamin C and colds?

Answer 32

useless

Question 33

Vitamin A is half of beta-carotene to make?

Answer 33

Retinol

Retinal

Question 34

Vitamin A is stored?

Answer 34

Liver

Question 35

Xeropthalmia is?

Answer 35

dry eye from vitamin A deficiency

Question 36

Vitamin D deficiency in kids?

Answer 36

rickets kids

osteomalacia in adult

Question 37

Vitamin D derived from?

Answer 37

cholesterol

Question 38

how much calcium do you lose per day?

Answer 38

1g/day via kidneys

Question 39

Vitamin E does what biologically?

Answer 39

inserts into membranes and intercept free radicals

Question 40

What is vitamin K used for?

Answer 40

prothrombin/blood clotting

Question 41

what is haemorrhagic disease of newborn?

Answer 41

vitamin K deficiency because of sterile gut flora