Vitamins Flashcards
What vitamins are fat / water soluble
B , c —- water, not stored, regularly needed
A, d, k, e — fat
What vitamin is anti beriberi, it’s difficult you can lead to wernicks korscokff?
B1 thiamin
What vitamin is found in milk, uv sensitive, and is a component of fad in redox reactions?
B2 riboflavin
What vitamin is involved in nad and Nadp, found in cereals and its difficiency can cause pellagra, diarrhoea, Casals necklace
B3 niacin
What vitamin is essential for aa metabolism and heme synthesis, its difficiency is usually secondary
It’s used to treat pms, autism, seizures
B6 pyridoxine
What vitamin is a carrier of methyl groups, binds to intrinsic factor
B12 cobalamin
What product can lead to neural tube defects if its not found?
Folate
What vitamin is part of coASH in beta oxidation, transfer of c chains
B5 pantothenic acid
What vitamin is depleted if someone undergoes long term antibiotic therapy because its made by intestinal bacteria. It’s found in egg yolks, chocolate
B7 biotin
What vitamin is an antioxidant, helps fe absorption and its difficiency leads to scurvy
Vitamin c
What vitamin is found as retinol, controls protein synthesis, lack of it leads to keratomalacia and night blindness
Vitamin a
Whats the rni for vitamin a
0.7 mg/day
What vitamin is found in veggie oils, alpha tocopherol and stops oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to eliminate chain reaction. Difficiency causes premature babies and sterility in animals
Vitamin e
What vitamin acts like a steroid hormone, derived from ergosterol, difficiency causes rickets in kids
Vitamin d
What lack of vitamin causes defective blood clotting and neaurological malfunction in babies because its not able to pass the placenta well and is low in breastmilk?
Vitamin k
