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A vitamin that help with cell growth and differentiation |
Vitamin A |
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Antioxidant vitamins |
ACE |
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What are water soluble vitamins |
Vitamins B and Vit C |
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A vitamin responsible for mineral metabolism and has hormone-like activities |
Vit D |
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Lipis solubale Vits |
ADEK |
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What are the essential vitamns |
All vitamins are essentials |
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Water soluable or fat soluable are more laikely to accumulate in body leading to hypervitaminoses |
ADEK |
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What are the vitamins that are partly stored in body |
ADEK |
We need consume water soluble Vits DAILY |
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Bacteria can synthesise what type of Vits |
Water soluble |
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What are the active form of Vit A |
Retinal, retinoid acid, retinol |
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Why can we find Vit A |
In carotenoided plants |
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An important Vit for rhedopsin and photopsins |
Vit A |
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Deficiency of Vit .... lead to night blindness |
Vit A |
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What form of Vit A regulate gene transcription |
Retinoic acid |
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An important Vit for epithelium funtion |
Vit A |
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A deficiency of what Vit lead to squamous metaplasia |
Vit A |
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What is xerophtalmia |
It is c9njuctiva loses mocus-secreting cells |
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Definciency of what vitamin causes xeroftalmia |
Vit A |
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Deficiency of Vit .... lead to more urinary stone formation |
Vit A |
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Vit A have role in regulating immune response where to find ? |
By transforming the respiratory epithelium which has antibacterial properties |
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What are the single toxic dose of vitamin A |
More than 200 mg |
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What is the daily toxic consumption of Vit A |
40 mg per day |
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What arethe acute symptoms of toxic doses of Vit A |
Headache, vomitting, impaired consciousness |
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What arethe chronic symptoms of toxic doses of Vit A |
Wight loss, vomitting , pain in joints and muscles, blurred vision, hair loss, excessive bone growth |
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Qhat are the most important roles of Vit A |
Vision, gene expression, immune function, embryonic developmemt and reproduction, bone metabolism, skin health , haematopoies |
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Sources of vit A |
Carrot, broccoli, spinach, papaya, apricots , meat, egg, milk, diary products |
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