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Nutrition: Chapter 13 -Overview
Water Soluble Vitamins
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/15/2010

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Form water soluble vitamins are consumed
Definition
Coenzyme form
Term
Form water-soluble vitamins are absorbed
Definition
Free vitamins
Term
When water soluble vitamins are cleaved from coenzyme to free vitamins.
Definition
During digestion
Term
What happens to water soluble vitamins once they are absorbed...
Definition
Re-synthesized into coenzymes.
Term
Why many foods are enriched and fortified with B-vitamins
Definition

Many nutrients lost during grain processing

 

Term
B Vitamins
Definition

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Niacin

Pantothenic Acid

Biotin

Vit. B-6

Vit. B-12

Folic Acid

Term
Thiamin Coenzyme
Definition
Thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP)
Term
Riboflavin coenzymes
Definition

Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)

Flavin mononucleotide (FMN)

Term
Niacin Coenzymes
Definition

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phophate (NADP)

Term
Pantothenic Acid Coenzyme
Definition
Conenzyme A (CoA)
Term
Biotin Coenzyme
Definition
N-carboxylbionyl lysine 
Term
Vitamin B-6 coenzyme
Definition
Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)
Term
Folic Acid coenzyme
Definition
Tetrahydrofolic acid (THFA)
Term
B-12 conenzyme
Definition
Methylcobalamin
Term
Vitamins active in Energy and Metabolism
Definition

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Niacin

Pantothenic Acid

Biotin

B-12

Term
Vitamins active in Bone Health
Definition

Vitamin A

Vitamin D

Vitamin K

Vitamin C

Term
Vitamins Active in Blood Formation and clotting
Definition

B-6

B-12

Folate

Vitamin K

Term
Vitamins Active in Protein and Amino Acid metabolism
Definition

B-6

B-12

C

Choline (not true vit.)

Folate

Riboflavin (indirectly)

Term
Vitamins Active in Antioxidant Defenses
Definition

Vitamin E

Vitamin C

Carotenoids

Riboflavin (indirectly)

Term
Vitamins active in Gene Expression
Definition

Vitamin A

Vitamin D

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