z- Vitamin Table – Flashcards

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Vitamin A
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o   General Roles

§  Vision, Growth, Reproduction

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Nyctalopia, xerophthalmia, keratomalacia

 

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Vitamin D2, D3
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o   General Roles

§  Modulation of Ca2+ metabolism, calcification of bone and teeth

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Rickets (young), Osteomalacia (adult)

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Vitamin E
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o   General Roles

§  Antioxidant for unsaturated lipids, neurological and reproductive function

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Lipid peroxidation, including red blood cell fragility, hemolytic anemia (premature newborn)

 

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Vitamin K1, K2
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o   General Roles

§  Blood Clotting, osteocalcins

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Increased Clotting time, RIA time, hemorrhagic disease (infant)

 

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Vitamin B1
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o   General Roles

§  Carbohydrate Metabolism, nervous funtion

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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Vitamin B2
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o   General Roles

§  Oxidation-reduction reactions

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Angular stomattis, dermatitis, photophobia

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Vitamin B6
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o   General Roles

§  Amino acid, phospholipid, and glycogen metabolism

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Epileptiform convusions, dermatitis, hypochromic anemia

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Niacin
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o   General Roles

§  Oxidation-reduction reactions

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Pellagra

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Folic Acid
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o   General Roles

§  Nucleic acid and amino acid biosynthesis

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Megaloblastic anemia, neutral tube defects

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Vitamin B12
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o   General Roles

§  Amino acid and branched chain keto acid metabolism

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Pernicious and megaloblastic anemia, neuropathy

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Biotin
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o   General Roles

§  Carboxylation reactions

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Dermatitis

 

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Pantothenic Acid
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o   General Roles

§  General metabolism, acetyl and acyl transfer

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Burning feet syndrome

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Vitamin C
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o   General Roles

§  Connective tissue formation, antioxidant

o   Symptoms or Deficiency of Disease

§  Scurvy

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