Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin A

Answer 1

Source: spinach, carrots, leafy greens, yellow vegetables
Deficiency: night blindness, xerophthalmia, keratinization of epithelium

Question 2

Vitamin D

Answer 2

Source: liver, eggs, fish, plants, milk, and cereal
Deficiency: Rickets, inadequate bone mineralization

Question 3

Vitamin E

Answer 3

Source: tocopherols, vegetable oils, seeds, nuts
Deficiency: muscular dystrophy and neurologic abnormalities

Question 4

Vitamin K

Answer 4

Source: greens, bacterial flora in intestine
Deficiency: blood coagulation problems

Question 5

Vitamin B12

Answer 5

Cobalamin

Deficiency: fatigue, inflammation of tongue, numbness, tingling, megaloblastic anemia

Question 6

Vitamin C

Answer 6

asorbic acid

Deficiency: fatigue, SOB, dizziness, irregular heart beat, personality changes, unsteady movements

Question 7

Vitamin B2

Answer 7

riboflavin, coennzyme forms FAD/FMN

Deficiency: stomatosis, sore throat, oily rashes on genitals, blood shot eyes, light sensitivity, anemia

Question 8

Vitamin B3

Answer 8

Niacin–NAD, NADP
Deficiency: pellagra (diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis, death), indigestion, fatigue, sores, vomiting, depression, headache, apathy, disorientation

Question 9

Vitamin B5

Answer 9

pantothenic acid–found in coenzynme A

Deficiency: rare, fatigue, sleep disturbance, uncoordinate movement

Question 10

Vitamin B6

Answer 10

pyridoxine

Deficiency: sideroblastic anemia (cannot incorporate iron), EEG abnormalitis, dermatitis, glossitis, depression

Question 11

Vitamin B1

Answer 11

Thiamine coenzyme is TPP

Deficiency: malaise, weight loss, confusion, beriberi, wernicke-korsakoff

Question 12

Vitamin B7

Answer 12

Biotin, Cofator for ACC, PC, PCC, MCC

Deficiency: dermatitis around eyes, mouth, and nose, conjunctivitis, alopecia, lethargy

Question 13

Vitamin B9

Answer 13

Folic acid–THF

Deficiency: macrocytic megaloblactic anemia, homocysteinemia, results from alcoholism, pregnancy, and drug side effects