Unit 3 Test
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What are the fat soluble vitamins?
Vitamins A, D, E, K
what are the water soluble vitamins?
Vitamin B & Vitamin C
What are the major minerals?
Sodium Potassium Phosphorus Chloride Calcium Manganese Sulfur
How much of the major minerals are needed per day and how much is stored?
> 100 mg per day Store >5 g
What are the trace minerals?
Iron Selenium Fluoride Chromium Manganese Zinc Copper
How much of the trace minerals are needed per day and how much is stored?
< 100 g per day Store < 5 g
What is chromium associated with? What is it
Glucose A trace mineral
What is iodine associated with and responsible for?
Components of thyroid hormone Those hormones regulate body temp and metabolism A lack of it can cause goiter (enlarged thyroid) Can cause Graves’ disease (bulging eyes)
What is manganese apart of?
Superoxide dismutase Powerful Anita oxidant that protects us from free radical damage
What is the coenzyme for THIAMIN?
TPP
What is the coenzyme for RIBOFLAVIN?
FAD FMN
What is the coenzyme for NICAN.
NAD NADP
What is the coenzyme for VIT. B6
PLP
What is the coenzyme for FOLATE?
THF
What is the coenzyme for PANOTHENIC ACID?
CoA
What dose the coir cycle do?
Converts execs lactic acids in the body to glucose.
What dose VIT.A do?
Allow us to see color
What dose VIT.D do?
Regulates blood calcium
What dose VIT. E do?
Protects cell membrane/ improves VIT. Absorption
What dose VIT. K do?
Aids in blood coagulation.
What is phosphorylation?
When B. VIT are combined with other substances
What dose a deficiency in VIT. B12 and folate cause?
Anemia
What is choline?
Vitamin like substance Involved in phosphotidylcholine or lecithin Not a VIT just aids them
What are B.vit particularly important for?
Assisting in energy metabolism They act as coenzymes