Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Complex and C — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Vitamin _____ excess is associated with hyper-glycemia and hyper-uricemia

Answer: B3 (niacin)

Flashcard 2: Deficiency of which vitamin leads to Lactic acidosis?_____

Answer: Vitamin B1

Flashcard 3: Vitamin _____, known as ergocalciferol, is the form ingested from plants, fungi, and yeasts

Answer: D2

Flashcard 4: Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is a precursor to _____ and FMN

Answer: FAD

Flashcard 5: Vitamin _____ deficiency may be caused by excessive ingestion of raw eggs, which contain avidin

Answer: B7 (biotin)

Flashcard 6: Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a cofactor for _____ and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase

Answer: methionine synthase

Flashcard 7: Lack of one enzyme of the _____ pathway called L-gulonolactone oxidase in humans explains why ascorbic acid (vitamin C) cannot be endogenously synthesized

Answer: uronic acid

Flashcard 8: Diagnosis of B1 (thiamine) deficiency is made by measuring increased _____ activity in red blood cells following thiamine administration

Answer: transketolase

Flashcard 9: anti oxidant vitamins are _____

Answer: A B2 C E

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Flashcard 10: _____ is an iron absorption promoter

Answer: vit C

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