Vitamins Flashcards
1
Q
What are the lipid soluble vitamins?
A
ADEK
2
Q
A
Name?
What foods?
def causes?
A
Retinoic acid/retinol
- Carrots, dark green and leafy veggies, sweet potatoes, squash, broccoli
- Xerophothalmia: night blindness
- dry, scaly skin
3
Q
D
Name?
What foods?
def causes?
A
Calcitrol
- Fortified milk, sunlight exposure, fish, eggs
- Rickets (in children)
4
Q
E
Name?
What foods?
def causes?
A
Tocopherols
- vegetable oils, seeds, nuts, leafy greens
- Muscular dystrophy and neuro abnormalities
5
Q
K
Name?
What foods?
def causes?
A
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- Leafy greens, cabbage, synthesized in intestine by bacteria
- blood coagulation issues,