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Vitamins (VL)
Question | Answer |
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Fat soluble vitamins | ADEK |
A | retinol. visual pigment |
D | Stimulates Ca absorption from gut and controls Ca deposition in bones. |
E | Antioxidant |
K | Blood coagulation factors |
B1 | Thiamine. Enzyme decarbozylation. |
B2 | Riboflavin. Made into FAD. |
B3 | Niacin. Made into NAD+ |
B6 | Pyridozine. Coenzyme for protein and AA metabolism. |
B12 | Cobalamin. Coenzyme. Nucleotides --> deoxynucleaotides. |
C | Ascorbic acid. Collagen formation. Scurvy is a disease from vitamin C deficency. |
Biotin | Prosthetic group. CO2 transport for metabolic reactions. |
Folate | Cofactor. Transport of methylene groups. Purine and thymine synthesis. required for normal fetal NS development. |