Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin D

Answer 1

Increases calcium in duodenum and distal tubule

Question 2

Active form of vitamin D

Answer 2

25 oh D3 in liver (storage)

1,25 oh2 D3 in kidney (active)

Question 3

Vitamin D deficiency in adults

Answer 3

Osteomalacia

Question 4

Vitamin A

Answer 4

Antioxidant (treats measles/retinitis pigmentosa)
Aura (seeing light)
Activation
Alopecia (too much A)
Abnormal pregnancy (birth defects)

Question 5

Vitamin K

Answer 5

K klotting factors 2,7,9,10,c,s
K ale (green leafy vegetables)
K o factor of gamma carboxylation

Not in breast milk

Question 6

Patients with a vegan diet can be low in

Answer 6

Calcium and vitamin D

Question 7

scurvy

Answer 7

• vitamin C deficiency
• cofactor for hydroxylation of proline and lysine, impaired wound healing, vascular fragility, follicular hyperkeratosis, corkscrew hairs

Question 8

Vitamin b3

Answer 8

Niacin, lowers VLDL increases HDL. Used with NAD+ or NADP+ reactions, needs pyridoxine, b2 and tryptophan to be synthesized