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Water soluble vitamins

 

Hard QUIZ 15 QUESTIONS
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1

What vitamin is highest in these foods? Tuna, lamb liver, peanuts salted, chicken roast, lamb cooked, wheat germ, kidney beans and corn.

2

What vitamin is highest in these foods? Beef liver, avocado, mushrooms, trout cooked, wheat germ, peanuts, lentils cooked, whole milk, egg hard boiled, cottage cheese and almond

3

What vitamin is highest in these foods? Bakers yeast, wheat germ, wholemeal bread, cheese camembert, liver, chicken, avocado, salmon, raspberries, soybeans, mushrooms, egg and milk

4

This is the main functions of what vitamin : • NAD and NADP enzyme cofactor • ATP production • Insulin receptor function • Alcohol dehydrogenase • Synthesis of fatty acids, cholesterol and steroid hormones • Calcium signalling • N+DNA synthesis and repair

5

Below is the substrates produced from which vitamin used in energy production of : • Coenzyme A production – energy production from CHO, fats and protein • Acetly CoA production- Starts citric acid cycle, first step in fatty acid synthesis • Accelerate healing process- Fibroblast multiplication

6

How is biotin manufactured endogenously?

7

Which vitamin increase the demand for these factors : • Dietary deficiency of niacin or protein - Vitamin B6 deficiency impairs conversion from tryptophan • Inflammatory bowel disease • Alcohol consumption • Medications - Antituberculosis - Sedative/anticonvulsant – Phenobarbitol • Hartnup syndrome - Reduced conversion from tryptophan

8

What vitamin acts as a cofactor in the production of these substances : • Acetylcholine • Antibodies • Cholesteral • Bile salts • Haeme in haemoglobin • Steroid hormones • Ketones • Cell membranes

9

These are factors of which vitamin that might increase the demand for which vitamin : Drugs -Anticonvulsants, antibiotics, alcohol, Pregnancy and lactation, Achlorhydria, Hypocaloric dieting for weight loss can produce biotin deficiency, Excess raw egg white consumption

10

• Pellagra - Characterised by the 4 D's, Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhoea, Death • Photophobia • Abdominal pain, diarrhoea; Digestive disturbances indigestion • Glossitis; Bright red painful ‘raw beef' tongue with fissures • Fatigue and weakness; Depression • Symmetrical dermatitis on dorsal surface of hands with erythema, slight oedema, pruritus and burning • Cheilosis/ cheliti

11

Which vitamin has these deficiency signs : • Burning feet syndrome - Tingling in feet and legs with fatigue, weakness and nausea • Vomiting, nausea, and stomach cramps • Insomnia and fatigue • Irritability, restlessness, and apathy • Numbness, tingling • Muscle cramps, staggering gait • Hypoglycaemia

12

Pellagra - Characterised by the 4 D's, Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhoea, Death; is caused by which vitamin deficiency?

13

Which vitamin has been utilised therapeutically in the research : CVD-Reverse thickening of lining of carotid artery, increase HDL, reduce triglycerides, improve endothelial function and decrease vascular inflammation, Gastric acid secretion - Promotes histamine release, Post-ischemic injury- Reduces size of infarction and improves recovery, Peripheral vascular diseased- Lowers fibrinogen levels

14

Which vitamin has these deficiency signs : • Biotin stores are small – deficiency within 3-4 weeks • Nausea, vomiting • Weight loss, anorexia • Smooth shiny tongue • Premature hair graying • Pallor • Hair thinning with loss of colour • Grayish mucous membranes

15

These substances can be synthesised endogenously by which vitamin : • Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide • Both absorbed in stomach, more readily absorbed in the small intestine

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