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A naturally occurring solid chemical substance that is formed through geological processes and that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties.
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A mineral
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What is a mineral?
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A naturally occurring solid chemical substance that is formed through geological processes and that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties.
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Lecture notes have a bunch of minerals related to their function
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An organic compound that is required, in small amounts, for the normal functioning of the body and maintenance of metabolic integrity
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Vitamins
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What is a vitamin?
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An organic compound that is required, in small amounts, for the normal functioning of the body and maintenance of metabolic integrity
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes night blindness, xerophthalmia (inability to produce tears), keratinisation of the skin
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Vitamin A
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes rickets (poor mineralisation of bone) and osteomalacia (demineralisation of bone)
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Vitamin D
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes serious neurological dysfunction, but deficiency is extremely rare
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Vitamin E
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes impaired blood clotting and haemorrhagic disease
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Vitamin K
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes peripheral nerve damage (beriberi) or CNS lesions (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome)
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Vitamin B(1)
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes lesions in the corners of the mouth, lips and tongue, also sebhorroeic dermatitis
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Vitamin B(2)
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Pellagra, photosensitive dermatitis and depressive psychosis is due to to deficiency in...
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Niacin
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes disorders of amino acid metabolism and convulsions
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Vitamin B(6)
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Deficiency in what vitamin causes megaloblastic anaemia?
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Folic acid
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes pernicious anaemia (that is, megaloblastic anaemia with degeneration of the spinal cord)
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Vitamin B(12) (cobalamin)
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes peripheral nerve damage (burning foot syndrome)
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Vitamin B(12) (pantothenic acid)
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes impaired fat and carbohydrate metabolism, dermatitis
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Vitamin H
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Deficiency in this vitamin causes scurvy (oo-arr!) - impaired wound healing, loss of dental cement, subcutaneous haemorrhage
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Vitamin C
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