Vitamins Flashcards
Considered essential micronutrients
Vitamins
How are water soluble vitamins excreted
Urination
Thiamine is also known as
Vitamin B1
Function of thiamin
Neural impulse
Carb metab
What are the co factors of alpha ketoglutarate
Thiamine Lipoid acid CoA Flavin Niacin
Types of beriberi
Dry
Wet
Cerebral
Soshin
Riboflavin is also known as
B2
Vitamin G
Lactoflavin
Two coenzyme forms of B2
FMN
FAD
A deficiency in riboflavin is called
Ariboflavinosis
Niacin is also called
B3 Nicotinic acid Pelagra preventive factor Nicotinamide Niacinamide
What vitamin is commonly found
B5
What is the active form of B5
Coenzyme A
What is the marker of pyridoxine deficiency
4 pyridoxine acid
Important function of B6
Neuronal integrity
Antibodies
Bone development
This vitamin is essential for the biosynthesis of thymidine, AA and purine
B9
Folic acid
This vitamin is for the synthesis of methionine
B12
Important in the function of norepinephrine
Vitamin C