2nd semester: Vitamins 1, 2

Question 1

what type of vitamin is less prone to toxicity

Answer 1

WATER- soluble vitamins

Question 2

this is also called the anti beriberi/ neuritic vitamin

Answer 2

vitamin B1- thiamine

Question 3

most important co-enzyme form of thiamine

Answer 3

TPP(thiamine pyrophosphate)

Question 4

basis for quantitative determination of thiamine (B1)

Answer 4

potassium ferricyanide (KFC)

Question 5

primary connection of thiamine functions

Answer 5

carbohydrate metabolism

Question 6

husks of rice is abundant in this vitamin

Answer 6

thiamine

Question 7

TPP(thiamine pyrophosphate) is the 1st coenzyme of this complex

Answer 7

pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Question 8

vitamin that has a central role in energy-yielding metabolism

Answer 8

thiamine

Question 9

ENZYME most commonly used for measuring thiamine status in the body

Answer 9

transketolase (HMP- shunt)

Question 10

this form of thiamine is important in the metabolism of nerve tissues

Answer 10

TTP(thiamine triphosphate) (morale vitamin)

Question 11

may or may not be manifested by heart failure or edema-usually causes neurological symptoms

Answer 11

chronic peripheral neuritis(BERIBERI)

Question 12

type of beriberi that can kill because it can cause heart failure “fulminating”

Answer 12

shoshin beriberi (Acute pernicious)

Question 13

thiamine deficiency commonly seen in chronic alcoholics

Answer 13

wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Question 14

also called vitamin G or lactoflavin

Answer 14

vitamin B2- Riboflavin

Question 15

most active coenzyme form of ribolfavin

Answer 15

FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide)

Question 16

enzymes involved in oxidation-reduction reactions

Answer 16

flavoproteins (B2)

Question 17

the best flavin requiring enzyme for assaying riboflavin status

Answer 17

gluathione reductase

Question 18

vitamin that can be synthesized in the body for the essential amino acid trytophan

Answer 18

Vitamin B3- Niacin

Question 19

needed to convert tryptophan to serotonin

Answer 19

B6

Question 20

3 Ds of niacin deficiency

Answer 20

dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia

Question 21

a B6 major coenzyme form transported in the plasma

Answer 21

Pyridoxal phosphate

Question 22

major excretory product of B6

Answer 22

4-PYRIDOXIC ACID

Question 23

if you dont have B6 and cant form heme which leads to no hemoglobin, its manifested by

Answer 23

microcytic-hypochromic type of anemia

Question 24

2 vitamins to lower homocysteine level by converting it back to methionine

Answer 24

vitamin B9, B12

Question 25

known as the everywhere vitamin

Answer 25

B5-pantothenic acid

Question 26

in its active form, pantothenic acid is a constituent of?

Answer 26

coenzyme A

Question 27

richest known source of pantothenic acid

Answer 27

royal jelly

Question 28

also known as the anti-eggwhite injury factor

Answer 28

vitamin B7- BIOTIN

Question 29

vitamin B7 is abundant where

Answer 29

in egg yolk and the liver

Question 30

coenzyme form of BIOTIN

Answer 30

biocytin

Question 31

this requires biotin as a coenzyme

Answer 31

pyruvate carboxylase

Question 32

also known as vitamin M and PGA

Answer 32

vitamin B9- folic acid

Question 33

most abundant form of folic acid in the body

Answer 33

N5-METHYL THFA

Question 34

coenzyme form of FOLIC ACID

Answer 34

Tetrahydrifolate polyglutamates

Question 35

enzyme in the activation of folic acid

Answer 35

folate reductase

Question 36

N5- formimino THFA is found in what catabolism

Answer 36

Histidine catabolism

Question 37

known as the anti-pernicious anemia vitamin

Answer 37

vitamin B12- cobalamin

Question 38

this is a megaloblastic type of anemia

Answer 38

pernicous anemia

Question 39

coenzyme form of cobalamin

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5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin

Question 40

this blocks uptake of vitamin c by white blood cells

Answer 40

aspirin

Question 41

very sensitive to oxidation and rapidly destroyed by alkalies

Answer 41

vitamin c

Question 42

Vitamin C spares what vitamins by protecting them from oxidation

Answer 42

vitamin A,E,B

Question 43

major function of vitamin C

Answer 43

coenzyme in the formation of tissue collagen or intercellular cement substance

Question 44

this results from extension hemorrhaging in the bones and joints of the extremities

Answer 44

anemia

Question 45

swelling at the ends of the long bones and at costochondrial junctions

Answer 45

scorbutic rosary

Question 46

also called the anti-infective vitamin

Answer 46

vitamin A

Question 47

has the highest vitamin A activity, yields 2 moles of retinol

Answer 47

Beta-carotene

Question 48

dryness and roughness of the skin develops in Vit A deficiency is referred to as

Answer 48

toad skin

Question 49

vitamin A works hand in hand with this vitamin

Answer 49

vitamin E

Question 50

painful joints, periostal thickening of long bones, loss of hair, headache, weakness, loss of appetite, hepatospenomegaly, serious liver damage may occur is called

Answer 50

HYPERVITAMINOSIS A

Question 51

known as; anti-rachitic vitamin, or sunshine vitamin

Answer 51

VITAMIN D

Question 52

vitamin D2 activates

Answer 52

ergosterol ergocalciferol viosterol (plant, vegetable origin)

Question 53

vitamin D3 is activated

Answer 53

7-dehydrocholesterol; cholecalciferol | animal origin, fish oils

Question 54

major form of vitamin D in the circulation and major storage form in the liver

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25-Hydroxycholecalciferol (CALCIDIOL)

Question 55

most active form of vitamin D

Answer 55

1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (CALCITIRIOL)

Question 56

active metabolite of Vitamin D3 formed in the kidneys

Answer 56

24,25-Dihydroxyxholecalciferol

Question 57

vitamin D deficiency in adults, softening and weakening of the bones.

Answer 57

OSTEOMALACIA

Question 58

also called rejuvenating vitamin(anti-aging) or Anti-sterility Vitamin

Answer 58

Vitamin E

Question 59

this is the major lipid-soluble anti oxidant in cell membranes and plasma lipoprotein

Answer 59

vitamin E

Question 60

also known as coagulation vitamin, or antihemorrhagic vitamin

Answer 60

vitamin K

Question 61

major form of Vitamin K found in plants

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vitamin K1

Question 62

found in putrid fish meal

Answer 62

Vitamin K2

Question 63

the parent compound of the vitamin K series (synthetic form of vitamin K)

Answer 63

menadione or Vitamin K3

Question 64

menaquinones are synthesized by

Answer 64

intestinal bacteria

Question 65

vitamin K is also important in the synthesis of 2 bone calcium binding proteins, which are

Answer 65

osteocalcin | bone matrix Gla protein