Vitamins: Fat-Soluble Vitamins Flashcards
most stable, avoid in pregnant, most teratogenic, food that are orange to yellow pigment
Vit A
Retinol
Vit A
vision cycle, epithelial tissue, growth and bone development, reproduction
vit A
nyctalopia/night blindness, eye lesion, xerophthalmia, retarded growth, lower resistance to infection, faulty skeletal and dental development, keratinization of epithelial linings, disturbances in the respiratory, GI, and genitourinary tracts, skin lesion
Vit A deficiency
sunshine vitamins
vit d
calciferol
vit D
formation of normal bones and teeth
vit D
tetany, rickets, osteomalacia
Vit D deficiency
tocopherol
vit E
antioxidant
vit E
Hemolysis of RBC
Vit E deficiency
Phylloquinone, menadione
vit K
promotes blood clotting
vit K
Warfarin, aspirin
Vit K
toxic vitamins
fat-soluble vitamins