VITAMINS

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  • What is the vitamin known as retinol?
    Vitamin A
  • What is the vitamin known as thiamine?
    Vitamin B1
  • What is the vitamin known as riboflavin?
    Vitamin B2
  • What is the vitamin known as niacin?
    Vitamin B3
  • What is the vitamin known as pantothenic acid?
    Vitamin B5
  • What is the vitamin known as pyridoxine?
    Vitamin B6
  • What is the vitamin known as biotin?
    Vitamin B7
  • What is the vitamin known as folic acid?
    Vitamin B9
  • What is the vitamin known as cobalamin?
    Vitamin B12
  • What is the vitamin known as ascorbic acid?
    Vitamin C
  • What is the vitamin known as calciferol?
    Vitamin D
  • What is the vitamin known as tocopherol?
    Vitamin E
  • What is the vitamin known as phylloquinone?
    Vitamin K
  • What deficiency leads to night blindness?
    Vitamin A deficiency
  • What deficiency leads to rickets?
    Vitamin D deficiency
  • What deficiency leads to neurological problems?
    Vitamin E deficiency
  • What deficiency leads to bleeding disorders?
    Vitamin K deficiency
  • What deficiency leads to scurvy?
    Vitamin C deficiency
  • What deficiency causes beri-beri?
    Thiamine (B1) deficiency
  • What deficiency causes pellagra?
    Niacin (B3) deficiency
  • What deficiency causes cheilosis?
    Riboflavin (B2) deficiency
  • What deficiency causes microcytic anemia?
    Pyridoxine (B6) deficiency
  • What deficiency causes megaloblastic anemia?
    Folate (B9) deficiency
  • What deficiency causes pernicious anemia?
    Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • What is pantothenic acid (B5) required for?
    Coenzyme A synthesis
  • What is biotin (B7) required for?
    Carboxylation reactions
  • What is vitamin A essential for?
    Vision
  • What does vitamin D regulate?
    Calcium metabolism
  • What function does vitamin E serve?
    Antioxidant
  • What is vitamin K necessary for?
    Clotting factor synthesis
  • What is vitamin C necessary for?
    Collagen synthesis
  • Where is vitamin A stored?
    Liver
  • How is vitamin D synthesized in the skin?
    From cholesterol
  • What is required for vitamin B12 absorption?
    Intrinsic factor
  • Which vitamin is important in transamination?
    Vitamin B6
  • Which vitamin is part of FAD?
    Vitamin B2
  • Which vitamin is part of NAD⁺/NADP⁺?
    Vitamin B3
  • Which vitamin is necessary for thymidylate synthesis?
    Vitamin B9
  • What does vitamin A toxicity lead to?
    Liver damage and teratogenic effects
  • What does vitamin D toxicity lead to?
    Hypercalcemia