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| Includes compunds retinal, retinol, & carotenoids |
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| Active form is retinoic Acid |
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| Deficiency results in Nyctalopia (night blindness) |
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| Deficiency results in xeropthalmia (dry eyes) |
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| Deficiency results in Bitot's spots (keratin debris is small plaques in the conjunctiva |
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| Deficiency results in phrenoderma (dry bumpy skin due to follicular plugging) |
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| Deficiency results in rickets in kids & osteomalacia in adults (soft bones) |
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| active form is 1,25, dihydroxycholecalciferol and located in the kidey |
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| Deficiency results in rachitic rosary |
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| Deficiency results in pseudofractures called looser zones |
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| Catalyzes carboxylation of glutamic acid in making clotting factors II, VII, IX & X |
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| Found in green leafy vegetables and in the liver |
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| Deficiency results in hemorrhagic disease of the newborn |
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| Deficiency results in kernicterus brain damage form high levels of billirubin from excess RBC destruction |
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| Tocopherol is an antioxidant which protects erythrocytes and membranes from free radical damage |
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| Deficiency results in hemolytic anemia and cause fatigue, shortness fo breath, pale mucous membranes |
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| is a cofactor in pyruvate kinase and a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
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| found in brewers yeast, milk, liver |
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| Deficiency results in dry beriberi (dermatitis and perifpheral neuritis with numbness in extremities |
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| Deficiency results in wet beriberi ( tachycardia, warm skin, edema, high-output heart failure |
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| Deficiency results in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (confabulation, apathy, loss of memory, muscle weakness |
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| found in milk and dairy, collard greens, liver, meat, fish, poultry |
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| Deficiency results in ariboflavinosis ( presents as dermatitis and cheilosis) |
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| precursor for NAD & NADP in the electron transport chain |
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| essential in glycolysis and paired with magnesium |
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| found in eggs, milk, meat, legumes |
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| is formed in the body from dietary tryptophan |
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| Deficiency results in pellagra (dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, death) |
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| is an acyl carrier and essential component of Coenzyme A |
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| Found in Yogert, lentils, eggs, avocados |
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| Deficiency results in Fatigue, irrtability, BURNING FEET SYNDROME |
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| is cofactor for several transamination and decarboxylation reactions |
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| found in meats, Cereal grains, bananas |
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| Deficiency results in Glossitis (burning tongue) & neuropathy (burning pain in extremities |
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| used in carboxylation reactions, production of fatty acids, and metabolism of fats and amino acids |
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| Avidin found in raw eggs avidly binds to biotin and prevents absorption and will cause a deficiency that may present with: dermatitis, fatigue, depression, alopecia, lactic acidosis |
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| used totransfer 1-carbon units in DNA and RNA synthesis, to make methionine and purines for DNA synthesis and to transfer methyl groups |
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| found is sweet potatos, citris fruits |
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| Deficiency results in pregnant women and alcoholics |
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| Deficiency results in megaloblastic anemia and neural tube defects spina bifida (but no spinal cord damage) |
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| cofactor for methionine and succinyl CoA manufacture |
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| Deficiency results in lack of intrinsic factor associated with atrophic gastritis |
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| decreased cobalamin absorption in the terminal ileum results in Crohn's disease |
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| Deficiency results in Megaloblastic anemia or pernicious anemia (if it's due to lack of intrinsic factor |
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| cofactor in hydroxylation of proline and lysine in the synthesis of collagen |
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| Found in fruits, peppers, califlower, broccoli |
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| Enhances the absorption of iron from the GI tract |
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| Deficiency results in Scurvy (bleeding swollen gums, loose teeth, poor wound healing |
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