Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin is an organic or an inorganic compound?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Which are the fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 2

Vitamin A, vitam D, vitam E and vitamin K

Question 3

What are water soluble vitamins?

Answer 3

Vitamins other than A, D, E and K.

Question 4

Vitamin A is also known as?

Answer 4

Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids including beta carotene

Question 5

Food sources of Vitamin A?

Answer 5

Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver, soy milk, milk

Question 6

Deficiency of Vitamin A?

Answer 6

Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis and Keratomalacia

Question 7

The condition when the body suffers from prolonged vitamin deficiency?

Answer 7

Avitaminosis

Question 8

Excess of vitamins?

Answer 8

Hypervitaminosis

Question 9

Vitamin B1 is also known as?

Answer 9

Thiamine

Question 10

Deficiency of B1 causes?

Answer 10

Beriberi,Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Question 11

Sources of vitamin B1.

Answer 11

Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs

Question 12

Vitamin B2 is also known as?

Answer 12

Riboflavin

Question 13

Sources of B2?

Answer 13

Dairy products, bananas, popcorn, green beans, asparagus

Question 14

Deficiency of B2?

Answer 14

Ariboflavinosis

Question 15

Sources of Vitamin B3?

Answer 15

Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts

Question 16

Deficiency of B3?

Answer 16

Pellagra

Question 17

Vitamin B5

Answer 17

Name: Pantothenic acid
Deficiency Disease: Paresthesia
Excessive intake: Diarrhea; possibly nausea and heartburn.
Sources: Meat, broccoli, avocados

Question 18

Vitamin B6

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Vitamin B7

Answer 19

Name: Biotin
Deficiency Disease: Dermatitis, enteritis
Sources: Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, certain vegetables

Question 20

Vitamin B9

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Vitamin B12

Answer 21

Name: Cyanocobalamin,hydroxycobalamin,methylcobalamin
Deficiency Disease: Megaloblastic anemia
Excessive intake: Acne-like rash [causality is not conclusively established].
Sources: Meat and other animal products

Question 22

Vitamin C

Answer 22

Name: Ascorbic acid
Deficiency Disease: Scurvy
Excessive intake: Vitamin C megadosage
Sources: Many fruits and vegetables, liver

Question 23

Vitamin D

Answer 23

Name: Cholecalciferol
Deficiency Disease: Rickets and Osteomalacia
Excessive intake: Hypervitaminosis D
Sources: Fish, eggs, liver, mushrooms

Question 24

Vitamin E

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Vitamin K

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Vitamin B3 is also known as?

Answer 26

Niacin, niacinamide