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Vitamins Flashcards

1
Q

What are the water soluble vitamins? (3)

A

B complexes
Folic Acid
Vitamin C

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2
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What are the fat soluble vitamins? (4)

A

A
D
E
K

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3
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Which vitamin is thiamine?

A

B1

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4
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Which vitamin is absorbed differently?

A

B12

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5
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Thiamine is a coenzyme for which enzymes?

A

ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
pyruvate dehydrogenase
a-ketogluterate dehydrogenase

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6
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Which Vitamin in riboflavin?

A

B2

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7
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What is Riboflavin a derivative of?

A

FAD & FMN

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8
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TPP (stabalizes high energy carbon) is synthesized from which Vitamin?

A

Thiamine B1

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9
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Thiamine assists with the synthesis of which pathway?

A

pentose pathway to produce NADPH

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10
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Which diseases are caused by a Thiamine/Vitamin B1 deficiency?

A

Beriberi (Dry and Wet)
-unbalanced diets = muscle wasting

Wernickes-Karsakoff Syndrome
-alcoholics

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11
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Wich vitamin aids with FAD synthetase to make FAD?

A

B2 Riboflavin

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12
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Which vitamin aids with Kreb Cycle and ETC?

A

B2 Riboflavin

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13
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What is the chemical name for vitamin B3?

A

Niacin

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14
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Which vitamin is Niacin?

A

B3

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15
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for NAD and NADP?

A

B3 Niacin

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16
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Which vitamin aids with the breakdown of pyridoxal?

A

Niacin B3

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17
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Which vitamin is associated with the 4D’s deficiency?

A

Niacin B3

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18
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What is the chemical name for vitamin B5

A

Pantothenic Acid

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19
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Which Vitamin is Pantothenic Acid?

A

B5

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20
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Which vitamin functions in the metabolism of carbs, lipids, and proteins?

A

B5

Pantothenic Acid

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21
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Which vitamin aids with heme synthesis with glycine?

A

B5

Pantothenic Acid

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22
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Which vitamin forms coenzyme A?

A

B5

Pantothenic Acid

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23
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What is the chemical name for vitamin B6?

A

Pyrodoxine

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24
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Which vitamin is Pyrodoxine?

A

B6

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25
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Which vitamin is the derivative of pyridoxal/ pyridoxamine?

A

B6

Pyridoxine

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26
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Which vitamin assists transamination of AST and ALT?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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27
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Which vitamin assists with decarboxylation GABA from glutamate

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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28
Q

Which vitamin is a coenzyme for serotonin from 5HTP?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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29
Q

Which vitamin is a coenzyme for histamine to histidine?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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30
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme fr dopamine from l-dopa from tyrosine

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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31
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Which vitamin is coenzyme for cysteine from methionine?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

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32
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for racemization (L to D form for amino acids)

A

Pyridoxine

B6

33
Q

Which vitamin is a coenzyme for glycogen phosphorylase (Glycogen to G1P)

A

Pyridoxine

B6

34
Q

Which vitamin assists with protein metabolism?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

35
Q

Which vitamin assists with hemoglobin synthesis, WBCs, and neurotransmitters?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

36
Q

Which vitamin assists with the breakdown of homocysteine that causes heart attacks?

A

Pyridoxine

B6

37
Q

What is the chemical name of vitamin B7?

A

Biotin

38
Q

Which vitamin is Biotin?

A

B7

39
Q

which vitamin is a coenzyme for pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate to oxaloacetate)?

A

B7

Biotin

40
Q

Which vitamin is a coenzyme for Acetyl CoA (Malonyl CoA from Acetyl CoA)

A

B7

Biotin

41
Q

Which vitamin is a coenzyme for the Catabolism of isoleucine, threonine, and methionine?

A

B7

Biotin

42
Q

Which vitamin assists with the catabolism of lucine producing ketones?

A

Biotin

B7

43
Q

Which vitamin is Cobalamin?

A

B12

44
Q

What is the chemical name for B12?

A

Cobalamin

45
Q

Which vitamin assists with changing homocysteine to methionine?

A

Cobalamin
B12

(methylcobalamin)

46
Q

What do you call homocysteine changing to methionine?

A

methylcobalamin

47
Q

Which vitamin assists with the conversion of methylmalonyl CoA to Succinyl CoA?

A

Cobalamin

B12

48
Q

What do you call the conversion of methylmalonyl CoA to Succinyl CoA?

A

Adenosylcobalamin

49
Q

Which vitamin has two forms?

5-methyl THF and 10-formyl THF

A

Folic Acid

50
Q

Which vitamin prevents neural tube defects?

A

Folic Acid

51
Q

Which vitamin assists with amino acid synthesis and purine & pyrimidine synthesis?

A

Folic Acid

52
Q

Which vitamin adds a methyl group to turn off DNA of a cancer gene?

A

Folic Acid

53
Q

Which vitamin toxicity may mask B12 deficiency?

A

Folic Acid

54
Q

What is the chemical name for vitamin C?

A

Ascorbic Acid

55
Q

Which vitamin is ascorbic acid?

A

C

Ascorbic Acid

56
Q

Which vitamin are humans unable to make?

A

C

Ascorbic Acid

57
Q

Which vitamin assists with collagen synthesis?

A

C

Ascorbic Acid

58
Q

Which vitamin assists with synthesis and Catabolism of tyrosine?

A

C

Ascorbic Acid

59
Q

Which vitamin assists with neurotransmitter synthesis?

Norepinephrine and Epinephrine

A

C

Ascorbic Acid

60
Q

What is the chemical name for Vitamin A?

A

Retinol

61
Q

Which vitamin aids with vision, cellular differentiation, growth?

A

A

Retinol

62
Q

Which vitamin can boost the immune system but doesnt cure diseases?

A

A

Retinol

63
Q

What is the function of carotenoids?

A

fights free radicals

64
Q

Excessive vitamin A inhibits which vitamin?

A

K

65
Q

Which vitamin aids carotenoids?

A

A

Retinol

66
Q

Which vitamin is cholecalciferol?

A

D3

67
Q

Which vitamin is ergocalciferol

A

D2

68
Q

Which form of vitamin D is the most active?

A

Calcitrol

1,25 DHCC

69
Q

Which vitamin is a precursor for hormons but is still considered a vitamin?

A

D3

erogcalciferol

70
Q

Which vitamin deficiency causes rickets?

A

D

71
Q

What do you call rickets in adults?

A

osteomalacia

72
Q

Which vitamin has an antihemorrhagic factor?

assists clotting

A

Vitamin K

73
Q

What is the chemical name for Vitamin E?

A

alpha-tocopherol

74
Q

Which vitamin is alpha-tocopherol?

A

E

75
Q

What is the synthetic form of vitamin E?

A

d-l alpha tocopherol

76
Q

Which vitamin assists with the protection of the cell membrane?

A

E

alpha-tocopherol

77
Q

Which vitamin assists with cholesterol peroxidation?

A

E

alpha-tocopherol

78
Q

Which vitamin is used to help heal scars?

A

E

alpha-tocopherol

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