TEST #4 Vitamins German 12/2/16

Question 1

Are vitamins organic or inorganic?

Answer 1

-Organic

Question 2

What are vitamins essential to humans for?

Answer 2

-metabolic and cellular function

Question 3

Can vitamins be produced in sufficient quantities within the body?

Answer 3

-No

Question 4

How many essential vitamins are there?

Answer 4

13

Question 5

What are four fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 5

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K

Question 6

What are the 13 essential vitamins?

Answer 6

• Vit A
• Vit B1
• Vit B2
• Vit B3
• Vit B5
• Vit B6
• Vit B7
• Vit B9
• Vit B12
• Vit C
• Vit D
• Vit E
• Vit K

Question 7

What type of vitamin has fatty acyl chains and are ingested as esters?

Answer 7

-Fat-soluble

Question 8

What type of vitamin requires cholesterol and are integrated into micelles?

Answer 8

-Fat soluble

Question 9

What type of vitamin are you more likely to have chronic and subacute toxicity?

Answer 9

-Fat soluble

Question 10

What vitamin is folic acid?

Answer 10

-Vitamin B9

Question 11

What vitamins have acute toxicity?

Answer 11

-Vit B3, B6, and C

Question 12

What vitamin is retinol, retinal, carotenoids?

Answer 12

-Vit A

Question 13

What vitamin is pantothenic acid?

Answer 13

-Vit B5

Question 14

What vitamin is Riboflavin?

Answer 14

-Vit B2

Question 15

What vitamin is thiamine?

Answer 15

-Vit B1

Question 16

What vitamin is Niacin?

Answer 16

-Vit B3

Question 17

What vitamin is Pyridoxine?

Answer 17

-Vit B6

Question 18

What vitamin is Cyanocobalamin?

Answer 18

-Vit B12

Question 19

What is the general function of Vitamin A?

Answer 19

• Required for normal vision,
• adaptive immunity,
• bone growth,
• cell membrane stability

Question 20

What vitamin is taken in high dosages to treat acne?

Answer 20

-Vit A

Question 21

How much vitamin A is the max you should take per day if you are pregnant?

Answer 21

-3 mg

Question 22

What vitamin is necessary for vision?

Answer 22

-Vitamin A

Question 23

What are the source for vitamin B1?

Answer 23

• Whole grain
• Meat
• Fish

Question 24

If you have deficiency symptoms of Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) what disease might you have?

Answer 24

• Beriberi

- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Question 25

What is the general function of vitamin B1 (Thiamine)?

Answer 25

-Converted to thiamine pyrophosphate a cofactor used in enzymes involved in glucose, amino acid and lipid metabolism

Question 26

What is thiamine essential for?

Answer 26

-TPP used in pyruvate dehydrogenase

Question 27

What is the general function for vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)?

Answer 27

-Converted to FMN and FAD, electron carriers central to the ETC

Question 28

If you have endocrine disorders what vitamin are you deficient in?

Answer 28

-Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Question 29

-What is vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) essential for?

Answer 29

-Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism

Question 30

What is the general function of Vitamin B3 (Niacin)?

Answer 30

-Converted to nicotinic acid to form NAD+ and NADP+

Question 31

If you have deficiency of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) what disease do you have?

Answer 31

-Pellagra

Question 32

What is the general function of Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)?

Answer 32

-Major component in Coenzyme A synthesis

Question 33

What is the general function of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)?

Answer 33

-Forms PLP and PMP that function as coenzymes, necessary for neurotransmitter synthesis

Question 34

Why is PLP important?

Answer 34

-Essential for transaminase reactions

Question 35

What is the general function of Vitamin B7 (Biotin)?

Answer 35

-Function as a cofactor for four carboxylases

Question 36

What is vitamin B7 (Biotin) Essential for?

Answer 36

-Fatty acid synthesis

Question 37

What is the general function of Vitamin B9 (Folate)?

Answer 37

-Forms tetrahydrofolate

Question 38

What is the daily adequate intake of Vitamin B9 (Folate)?

Answer 38

-400 ug per day or 600 ug per day if pregnant

Question 39

What is Vitamin B9 (Folate) Essential for?

Answer 39

-Amino Acid Metabolism

Question 40

What vitamin does vitamin B9 (Folate) interact with?

Answer 40

-Vitamin B12 (Cobalamins)

Question 41

What is the general function of Vitamin B12 (Cobalamins)?

Answer 41

-Function as a cofactor in methionine synthesis

Question 42

What is the daily adequate intake of Vitamin B12 (Cobalamins)?

Answer 42

-2.4 ug per day

Question 43

Why should you not take more than 1000 ug (1 mg) of folic acid per day?

Answer 43

-You will mask the anemia of a Vitamin B12 deficiency

Question 44

What is the general function of Vitamin C?

Answer 44

-Provides antioxidant activity

Question 45

What is the daily adequate intake of vitamin C?

Answer 45

-75 mg per day

Question 46

What vitamin are you deficient in if you have scurvy?

Answer 46

-Vitamin C

Question 47

What vitamin are you deficient in if you have megaloblastic anemia?

Answer 47

-Vitamin B12

Question 48

If you take to much Vitamin C what can occur?

Answer 48

- Gout | - Renal failure

Question 49

What are the general functions of Vitamin D?

Answer 49

-Hormonal control of Ca2+ and phosphate metabolism

Question 50

What is the daily adequate intake of Vitamin D?

Answer 50

-15 ug per day

Question 51

What vitamin deficiency leads to Rickets?

Answer 51

-Vitamin D

Question 52

What is the general function of Vitamin E?

Answer 52

-Antioxidants that protect against LDL oxidation

Question 53

What is the daily adequate intake of Vitamin E?

Answer 53

-15 mg per day

Question 54

What are the deficiency symptoms of Vitamin E?

Answer 54

- Peripheral neuropathy | - Impaired immune response

Question 55

What is the general function of Vitamin K?

Answer 55

-Required for clotting factors

Question 56

What is the daily adequate intake of Vitamin K?

Answer 56

-90 ug per day

Question 57

What are the deficiency symptoms of Vitamin K?

Answer 57

-Bleeding and hemorrhaging

Question 58

If you mask the anemia of Vitamin B12 what will that lead to?

Answer 58

-Neurologic problem

Question 59

What vitamin deficiency is associated with pellagra?

Answer 59

-Vitamin B3 (Niacin)