Exam 9: Water-Soluble Vitamins

Which water-soluble vitamin contributes to "intracellular cement" in the formation of scar tissue and wound healing?

Fish are a major source of thiamin.

Most animals synthesize their own ascorbic acid from ____.

Initial research on vitamin B₆ was aimed at correcting dermatitis in rats.

When the diet is adequate in protein,the body can synthesize niacin from which amino acid?

Erythrocyte transketolase activity is an assay to assess the status of ____.

The necessity of ascorbic acid for its role in ____ is believed to be the reason that people with scurvy have no energy and are very tired.

Burning foot syndrome may be caused by a deficiency of ____.

Synthesis of coenzyme A starts with the phosphorylation of which vitamin?

Water-soluble vitamins are not stored,but readily excreted-the one exception is that we can store folate in the liver.