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NTR 330 exam 3What are the fat soluble vitamins? - ✅✅-A, D, E, K
What do fat soluble vitamins require for absorption? -✅✅-bile and dietary fat
Where are the fat soluble vitamins transported to? - ✅✅-lymphatic system
Where are fat soluble vitamins stored? - ✅✅-body fat
Where is Vitamin A found? - ✅✅-in preformed animal products or supplements, or
in precursor, from plant food in the diet
What is the key role of Vitamin A? - ✅✅-night vision, cell differentiation, and growth
regulation
What are preformed Vitamin A compounds? - ✅✅-retinoids
What are plants that contain precursors to Vitamin A? - ✅✅-carotenoids
What does a derivative of retinoic acid typically used to treat? - ✅✅-certain skin
conditions
What can vitamin A deficiency cause? -✅✅-blindness
What can cause Vitamin A deficiency? - ✅✅-insufficient intake of vitamin A, fat,
protein, or zinc
What is Vitamin A Hypercarotenemia? - ✅✅-elevated carotene in the blood;
increased ingestion or decreased ability to convert carotenoids to Vitamin A
What is the chemical name for Vitamin D? - ✅✅-cholecalciferol
Can Vitamin D be toxic? - ✅✅-Yes, if taken in large quantities therefore there are
limitations on certain foods
What benefits for Vitamin D? - ✅✅-bones, parathyroid gland, regelation of the
immune system
✅✅-Salmon
What are sources of Vitamin D? -
Kidney Calcium Absorption - ✅✅-active Vitamin D acts with PTH to increase
calcium retention so less is lost
, Bone Calcium Absorption - ✅✅ -active Vitamin D acts with PTH to increase bone
breakdown, releasing calcium into the blood.
Intestine Calcium Absorption - ✅✅-active Vitamin D increases the absorption of
calcium from the diet
What is the chemical name for Vitamin E? -✅✅-Tocopherol
What kind of properties does Vitamin E have? - ✅✅-antioxidant
✅✅
______ is the form of Vitamin E absorbed by the human body? -
-Alpha-tocopherol
What are some sources of Vitamin E? - ✅✅-almonds
What might vitamin E deficiency in newborns result in? - ✅✅-hemolytic anemia
What are the essential antioxidants? - ✅✅-Vitamins E, C, A and Cu, Mn, Zn, Se,
Fe
What are the nonessential antioxidants? - ✅✅-Glutathione(GSH) and small
peptides
What does Vitamin K stand for? - ✅✅-Koagulation- "Coagulation"
What is Vitamin K in plants called? - ✅✅-phylloquinone
✅✅
What is Vitamin K in animals and that is formed by animals called? -
-Menaquinone
What is the major symptom of Vitamin K deficiency? - ✅✅-abnormal blood
coagulation
✅✅-brussel sprouts
What are sources of Vitamin K? -
What are functional foods? - ✅✅-they provide health benefits beyond basic
nutrition
✅✅-phytochemicals
What are health-promoting substances found in plant foods? -
What are health-promoting substances found in animal foods? - ✅✅-zoochemicals
What are yellow-orange pigments found in plants? - ✅✅-carotenoids
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