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1
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What are the water soluble vitamins? (3)

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B complexes
Folic Acid
Vitamin C

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What are the fat soluble vitamins? (4)

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A
D
E
K

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Which vitamin is thiamine?

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B1

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Which vitamin is absorbed differently?

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B12

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Thiamine is a coenzyme for which enzymes?

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ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
pyruvate dehydrogenase
a-ketogluterate dehydrogenase

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Which Vitamin in riboflavin?

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B2

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What is Riboflavin a derivative of?

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FAD & FMN

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TPP (stabalizes high energy carbon) is synthesized from which Vitamin?

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Thiamine B1

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Thiamine assists with the synthesis of which pathway?

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pentose pathway to produce NADPH

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Which diseases are caused by a Thiamine/Vitamin B1 deficiency?

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Beriberi (Dry and Wet)
-unbalanced diets = muscle wasting

Wernickes-Karsakoff Syndrome
-alcoholics

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Wich vitamin aids with FAD synthetase to make FAD?

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B2 Riboflavin

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Which vitamin aids with Kreb Cycle and ETC?

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B2 Riboflavin

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What is the chemical name for vitamin B3?

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Niacin

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14
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Which vitamin is Niacin?

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B3

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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for NAD and NADP?

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B3 Niacin

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Which vitamin aids with the breakdown of pyridoxal?

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Niacin B3

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Which vitamin is associated with the 4D’s deficiency?

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Niacin B3

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18
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What is the chemical name for vitamin B5

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Pantothenic Acid

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19
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Which Vitamin is Pantothenic Acid?

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B5

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Which vitamin functions in the metabolism of carbs, lipids, and proteins?

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B5

Pantothenic Acid

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Which vitamin aids with heme synthesis with glycine?

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B5

Pantothenic Acid

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Which vitamin forms coenzyme A?

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B5

Pantothenic Acid

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23
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What is the chemical name for vitamin B6?

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Pyrodoxine

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Which vitamin is Pyrodoxine?

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B6

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Which vitamin is the derivative of pyridoxal/ pyridoxamine?
B6 | Pyridoxine
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Which vitamin assists transamination of AST and ALT?
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin assists with decarboxylation GABA from glutamate
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for serotonin from 5HTP?
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for histamine to histidine?
Pyridoxine | B6
30
Which vitamin is a coenzyme fr dopamine from l-dopa from tyrosine
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin is coenzyme for cysteine from methionine?
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for racemization (L to D form for amino acids)
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for glycogen phosphorylase (Glycogen to G1P)
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin assists with protein metabolism?
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin assists with hemoglobin synthesis, WBCs, and neurotransmitters?
Pyridoxine | B6
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Which vitamin assists with the breakdown of homocysteine that causes heart attacks?
Pyridoxine | B6
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What is the chemical name of vitamin B7?
Biotin
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Which vitamin is Biotin?
B7
39
which vitamin is a coenzyme for pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate to oxaloacetate)?
B7 | Biotin
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for Acetyl CoA (Malonyl CoA from Acetyl CoA)
B7 | Biotin
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Which vitamin is a coenzyme for the Catabolism of isoleucine, threonine, and methionine?
B7 | Biotin
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Which vitamin assists with the catabolism of lucine producing ketones?
Biotin | B7
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Which vitamin is Cobalamin?
B12
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What is the chemical name for B12?
Cobalamin
45
Which vitamin assists with changing homocysteine to methionine?
Cobalamin B12 (methylcobalamin)
46
What do you call homocysteine changing to methionine?
methylcobalamin
47
Which vitamin assists with the conversion of methylmalonyl CoA to Succinyl CoA?
Cobalamin | B12
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What do you call the conversion of methylmalonyl CoA to Succinyl CoA?
Adenosylcobalamin
49
Which vitamin has two forms? | 5-methyl THF and 10-formyl THF
Folic Acid
50
Which vitamin prevents neural tube defects?
Folic Acid
51
Which vitamin assists with amino acid synthesis and purine & pyrimidine synthesis?
Folic Acid
52
Which vitamin adds a methyl group to turn off DNA of a cancer gene?
Folic Acid
53
Which vitamin toxicity may mask B12 deficiency?
Folic Acid
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What is the chemical name for vitamin C?
Ascorbic Acid
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Which vitamin is ascorbic acid?
C | Ascorbic Acid
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Which vitamin are humans unable to make?
C | Ascorbic Acid
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Which vitamin assists with collagen synthesis?
C | Ascorbic Acid
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Which vitamin assists with synthesis and Catabolism of tyrosine?
C | Ascorbic Acid
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Which vitamin assists with neurotransmitter synthesis? | Norepinephrine and Epinephrine
C | Ascorbic Acid
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What is the chemical name for Vitamin A?
Retinol
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Which vitamin aids with vision, cellular differentiation, growth?
A | Retinol
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Which vitamin can boost the immune system but doesnt cure diseases?
A | Retinol
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What is the function of carotenoids?
fights free radicals
64
Excessive vitamin A inhibits which vitamin?
K
65
Which vitamin aids carotenoids?
A | Retinol
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Which vitamin is cholecalciferol?
D3
67
Which vitamin is ergocalciferol
D2
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Which form of vitamin D is the most active?
Calcitrol | 1,25 DHCC
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Which vitamin is a precursor for hormons but is still considered a vitamin?
D3 | erogcalciferol
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Which vitamin deficiency causes rickets?
D
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What do you call rickets in adults?
osteomalacia
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Which vitamin has an antihemorrhagic factor? | assists clotting
Vitamin K
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What is the chemical name for Vitamin E?
alpha-tocopherol
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Which vitamin is alpha-tocopherol?
E
75
What is the synthetic form of vitamin E?
d-l alpha tocopherol
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Which vitamin assists with the protection of the cell membrane?
E | alpha-tocopherol
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Which vitamin assists with cholesterol peroxidation?
E | alpha-tocopherol
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Which vitamin is used to help heal scars?
E | alpha-tocopherol

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