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-antioxidant. protects membrane unsaturated FAs
-deficiency: hemolytic anemia, peripheral neuropathy |
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-retinol
-rods and cones
-deficiency: night blindness |
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-Ca regulation, bone mineral density
-deficency: rickets, osteomalacia, osteoporosis
-2 absorption pathways |
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-cofactor for carboxylation of glutamic acid residues for formation of blood clotting proteins
-deficiency: hemorrhagic disease |
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-B1
-involved in metabolism of energy molecules (ex: glucose, etc)
-deficiency: Beriberi |
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-B3
-coenzyme
-liver can synthesize from tryptophan
-Hartnup's disease - can't absorb Trp, results in niacin deficiency
-Deficency: Pellagra |
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-B vitamin
-used to make DNA, purines, and thymine
-deficency: megaloblastic anemia (mental impairment), neural tube defect |
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B12
-coenzyme for folate metabolism and maintenance of myelin sheaths
-Deficiency: Pernicious anemia, peripheral neuropathy |
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-ascorbic acid
-needed an electron donor, couples with Vit E for antioxidant activity, collagen hydroxylation
-Deficiency: Scurvy |
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