Vitamins Flashcards
Vitamin is an organic or an inorganic compound?
Its an organic compound.
An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet.
Which are the fat soluble vitamins?
Vitamin A, vitam D, vitam E and vitamin K
What are water soluble vitamins?
Vitamins other than A, D, E and K.
Vitamin A is also known as?
Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids including beta carotene
Food sources of Vitamin A?
Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver, soy milk, milk
Deficiency of Vitamin A?
Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis and Keratomalacia
The condition when the body suffers from prolonged vitamin deficiency?
Avitaminosis
Excess of vitamins?
Hypervitaminosis
Vitamin B1 is also known as?
Thiamine
Deficiency of B1 causes?
Beriberi,Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Sources of vitamin B1.
Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs
Vitamin B2 is also known as?
Riboflavin
Sources of B2?
Dairy products, bananas, popcorn, green beans, asparagus
Deficiency of B2?
Ariboflavinosis
Sources of Vitamin B3?
Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts
Deficiency of B3?
Pellagra
Vitamin B5
Name: Pantothenic acid
Deficiency Disease: Paresthesia
Excessive intake: Diarrhea; possibly nausea and heartburn.
Sources: Meat, broccoli, avocados
Vitamin B6
Name: Pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal
Deficiency Disease: Anemia peripheral neuropathy.
Excessive intake: Impairment ofproprioception, nerve damage (doses > 100 mg/day)
Sources: Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, bananas
Vitamin B7
Name: Biotin
Deficiency Disease: Dermatitis, enteritis
Sources: Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, certain vegetables
Vitamin B9
Name: Folic acid, folinic acid
Deficiency Disease: Megaloblast and Deficiency during pregnancy is associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects
Excessive intake: May mask symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency;other effects.
Sources: Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver
Vitamin B12
Name: Cyanocobalamin,hydroxycobalamin,methylcobalamin
Deficiency Disease: Megaloblastic anemia
Excessive intake: Acne-like rash [causality is not conclusively established].
Sources: Meat and other animal products
Vitamin C
Name: Ascorbic acid
Deficiency Disease: Scurvy
Excessive intake: Vitamin C megadosage
Sources: Many fruits and vegetables, liver
Vitamin D
Name: Cholecalciferol
Deficiency Disease: Rickets and Osteomalacia
Excessive intake: Hypervitaminosis D
Sources: Fish, eggs, liver, mushrooms
Vitamin E
Name: Tocopherols,tocotrienols
Deficiency Disease: Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemiain newborn infants.
Excessive intake: Increased congestive heart failure seen in one large randomized study.
Sources: Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds
Vitamin K
Name: phylloquinone,menaquinones
Deficiency Disease: Bleeding diathesis
Excessive intake: Increases coagulation in patients taking warfarin.
Sources: Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, egg yolks, liver
Vitamin B3 is also known as?
Niacin, niacinamide
