Exam 10: Water-Soluble Vitamins

A deficiency of _____ results in microcytic, hypochromic anemia.

Your patient’s intake of thiamin is severely low. Deficiency is characterized by:

Vitamin C enhances the absorption of iodine.

When the intake of vitamin C is high, absorption occurs by:

Which vitamin can be made from glucose in all plants and most animals, but not in humans?

B₁₂ deficiency is characterized by:

What does vitamin C “re-charge” via redox reactions so that enzymes are able to catalyze another reaction?

What percentage of the elderly population are estimated to have vitamin B₁₂ deficiency?

Which of the following foods provides a good source of niacin?

Peppers, papayas, and peas contain a very good source of:

Which vitamin consists of a nitrogen-containing double ring structure, a nitrogen-containing single ring structure, and a glutamic acid?

Jake, a body builder, is drinking two protein shakes that contain 6 raw egg whites each daily. What vitamin deficiency could result?

What is the name of the process in which certain vitamins and/or minerals are added to select foods such as rice, flour, bread and rolls, and farina in amounts suggested by the FDA?

Which vitamin is needed to make NAD⁺ and NADP⁺?

_______________ is involved in energy metabolism, the synthesis of a variety of vitamins, nerve function, and protection of membranes.

A deficiency of which vitamin was originally called mal del sol?

Pantothenic acid is not common in the food supply; therefore, deficiency is common.

Which type of beriberi is also called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?

How many essential water-soluble vitamins are there?

Which vitamin’s name is derived from the fact that it is found “everywhere” in the diet?