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What are the symptoms of a vitamin A deficiency?

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  • depressed immune response (esp measles)
  • xeropthalmia
  • night-blindness
  • poor embryonic development
  • thickening of the corneum (hyperkeratosis)
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What is the function of Vitamin A?

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  • maintains all epithelial linings
  • maintains the cornea
  • night vision
  • immune function
  • bone metabolism
  • hematopoiesis
  • important for correct fetal development
  • needed to form rhodopsin
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What are the symptoms of a Vitamin D deficiency?

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  • minimal walking in children (rickets)
  • osteomalacia in adults (softening of the bones), presents as muscle aches and pains.
  • hypocalcemia can also present with tetany
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What is the function of Vitamin D?

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  • maintains blood calcium and phosphate levels.
  • enhances intestinal calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate and zinc.
  • bone strength
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What are the symptoms of a Vitamin K deficiency?

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  • hemorrhagic disease in infants (intracranial and retroperitoneal bleeding)
  • osteoporosis in adults (many bone fractures)
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What is the function of Vitamin K?

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  • required for normal blood clotting.
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What are the symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency?

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  • scurvy (fatigue, infections, dry hair and skin, bruising, poor wound healing, dental conditions, joint and muscle aches, mood changes, weight loss, anemia, nosebleeds, gingivitis)
  • petechiae
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What is the function of vitamin C?

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  • antioxidant
  • necessary for hydroxylation of proline and lysine leading to increased H-bonds in collagen
  • important for wound healing
  • necessary for synthesis of dopamine-B-hydroxylase which converts dopamine to norepinephrine
  • facilitates iron absorption (Fe2+ easier to reabsorb)
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What are the symptoms of Vitamin E deficiency?

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  • common in those with fat malabsorption (duodenal switch)
  • cause neuromuscular disorders and hemolysis
  • spinocerebellar syndromes may present as ataxia
  • hemolysis may lead to anemia
10
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What is the function of Vitamin E?

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  • prevents oxidation of vitamin C and A (antioxidant!)
  • protects polyunsaturated FA in membrane from free radical attacks
  • protects RBC again hemolysis
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What are the symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency?

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seizures, rashes, cracked lips, mental disorders like depression and hyper-irritability

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What is the function of Vitamin B6?

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converted to PLP, cofactor for serotonin production, heme synthesis, niacin synthesis from Trp, nucleic acid synthesis

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What are the symptoms of folate deficiency?

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  • elevated homocyteine levels, megaloblastic anemia, fatigue, weakness, SOB, neural tube defects, anencephaly, spinabifida
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What are the functions of folate?

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used to reduce FH4 and accepts single carbon fragments from donors (Ser, gly, his, trp) and transfers them to intermediates in AA and nucleic acid synthesis

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What are the symptoms of B12 deficiency?

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pernicious anemia (autoimmune), food bound B12 malabsoption, impaired methionine synthesis, impaired L-methylmalonyl-CoA, neurological damage to myelin sheet, Gi inflammation, impaired DNA synthesis

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What are the functions of B12?

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cofactor for both methionine synthase and methylmalonyl CoA mutase so involved in converting homocysteine to methionine (required for SAM which methylates DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, etc)
- malonyl CoA mutase straights to malonyl CoA to succinyl CoA which can enter citric cycle and make energy. Also needed for hemoglobin synthesis

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What are the symptoms of biotin deficiency?

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hair loss, dermatitis (rash around eyes, nose mouth, genitals), muscle pain, depression, lethargy, hallucinations, numbness, tingling of extremities, insomnia

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What are the functions of biotin?

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  • cofactor for carboxylase enzymes

- acetyl CoA carboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, methlycrotonyl CoA carboxylase, propionyl CoA carboxylase

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What are the symptoms of zinc deficiency?

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white spots in fingernails, pale rough skin, dry hair, acne, unhealthy weight loss, loss of appetite, dandruff, slow wound healing, poor night vision, mood swings, frequent infections

20
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Function of zinc?

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anything that uses zinc finger

21
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Iron deficiency?

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anemia, fatigue, difficulty concentration and maintaining body temp, decreased immune function, glossitis, pica (eat dirt!)

22
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Iron function?

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  • heme binds O2

- redox rnx in cellular respiration like ETC

23
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Iodine deficiency?

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goiter, mental retardation, cretinism, hypothyroidism symptoms

24
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Iodine function?

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thyroid hormone synthesis, immune function

25
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Potassium deficiency?

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weakness, fatigue, muscle cramping, GI distress, arrhythmia, abnormal EKG, kidney stones, increased bone turnover (brittle bones)

26
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Potassium functions?

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maintenance of neuronal and muscular membrane potentials. Cardiac rhythm and acid-base balance

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Sodium deficiency?

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hyponatremia resulting in drowsiness, fatigue, restlessness, headache, nausea, confusion, loss of consciousness or coma, muscle weakness/spasms, vomiting

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Sodium functions?

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maintains plasma osmolarity, membrane potential for neuronal and muscular action potentials, membrane transport mechanisms

29
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B1 thiamine deficiency?

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beriberi, resulting in confusion, loss of reflexes, difficulting walking, neropathy, tachycardia, dyspnea

30
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B1 thiamine function?

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TPP is cofactor for decarboxylations like pyruvate dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, transketolase, BCAA dehydrogenase

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B2 riboflavin deficiency?

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oral-ocular-genital syndrome where you get angular chelitis, photophobia, scrotal dermatitis, mouth ulcers, dry scaling skin, iron deficiency, itchy skin, bloodshot eyes

32
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B2 riboflavin function?

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main component of FAD and FMN cofactors involved in oxidative enzymes, required for all flavoproteins. involved in metabolism of fats, carbs, and proteins, antioxidant activity

33
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B3 Niacin deficiency?

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Pellagra, the 3 D’s, diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis. Can be followed by death if untreated

34
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B3 Niacin function?

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redox reactions. steroid formation, FA synthesis, protein metabolism, DNA repair, TCA cycle

35
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B5 pantothenic acid deficiency?

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dermatitis, enteritis, alopecia, adrenal insufficiency, hepatic encephalopathy

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B5 pantothenic acid function?

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CoA and acyl carrier protein in FA synthase. needed for extracting energy from foods, making neurotransmitters, detox by the liver, and protein acetylation.