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Biochemistry Yr 2 > Vitamins NAMES > Flashcards

Vitamins NAMES Flashcards

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Vitamin A

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A

Retinol
Fat
Night blindness, hyperkeratosis
Hypervitaminosis A

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Vitamin B1

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Thiamine
  • Water
  • Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff
  • Drowsiness & muscle relaxation
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Vitamin B2

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Riboflavin
  • Water
  • (Ariboflavinosis) Stomatitis (inflammation of lips and mouth)
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Vitamin B3

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Niacin/nicotinamide riboside
  • water
  • Pellegra (diarrhoea, dementia, dermatitis)
  • liver damage
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Vitamin B5

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Pantothenic acid
  • water
  • paresthesia
  • diarrhoea/nausea/heartburn
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Vitamin B6

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Pyridoxine
  • water
  • Anaemia, peripheral neuropathy
  • impairment of proprioception
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Vitamin B7

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Biotin
  • water
  • dermatitis, enteritis
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Vitamin B9

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Folic acid
  • water
  • megaloblastic anaemia (w/ pregnancy = brith defects of neural tube)
  • May mask symptoms of VitB12 deficiency
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Vitamin B12

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Cobalamin
  • water
  • VitB12 deficiency anaemia
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Vitamin C

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Ascorbic acid
  • water
  • Scurvy
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Vitamin D

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Cholecalciferol (D3), ergocalciferol (D2)
  • fat
  • rickets/osteomalacia
  • Hypervitaminosis D
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Vitamin E

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Tocopherol, Tocotrienols
  • fat
  • (rare deficiency) mild haemolytic anaemia in newborns
  • possible increased incidence of congestive heart failure
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Vitamin K

  • Name
  • Solubility
  • Deficiency disease
  • Overdose
A
  • Phylloquinone (K1), menaquinones (K2)
  • fat
  • Bleeding diathesis
  • decreased anticoagulant effect of warfarin
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