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FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS |
Vitamin AD²,³EK |
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Vitamin A other name |
Retinol |
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Vitamin A function |
Maintenance of good Vision and resistance of infection |
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Vitamin A deficiency NGAD |
Night blindness Growth retardation Abnormal taste response Dermatitis |
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Vitamin D² other name |
Ergocalciferol/ Cholecalciferol |
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Vitamin E Function AF |
Antioxidant For cellular respiration |
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Vitamin D² Deficiency |
Rickets and Osteomalacia |
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Vitamin D³ other name |
Active stero -1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol |
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Vit D³ deficiency |
Hypocalcemia |
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Vit. K other name |
Phytomenadione |
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Vitamin K function |
Cofactor of pro-coagulants like prothrombin |
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Vitamin K deficiency |
Bleeding disorder, hemorrhage |
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Vit. E chemical name |
Tocopherols |
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Vit. E deficiency |
Mild hemolytic anemia for new borns, rbc fragility, ataxia |
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has the capacity to synthesize vit. such as A,D and B12 |
liver |
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Function of the Vitamins |
antioxidants enzyme cofactor hormones important in blood cell maturation bone formation active in energy metabolism |
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samples needed in vitamins |
serum plasma urine wbc (ascorbic acid) |
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method in vitamins |
Immunoassay |
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these are present in almost all food, but no single food group is the source of all vitamins |
vitamins |
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vitamins are essential__________ that the body cannot synthesize or does not sufficiently synthesize. |
organic substances |