SOME FACTS ABOUT VITAMINS


 

1. Vitamin involved in carboxylic group transfer

Biotin

2. Beri Beri is caused by deficiency of

Thiamine

3. Coenzyme is transamination

B6(pyridoxine)

4. Magenta colour tongue is caused by deficiency of

Riboflavin

5. Coenzyme A function depends on

Pantothenic acid

6. Vitamin involved in 'one carbon' fragment or simple carbon units  

Tetrahydrofolate

7. Vitamin involved in collagen synthesis

Vit. C

8. Vitamin involved in electron transfer

Riboflavin, and Vit.

9. Toxic if taken in excess dose                                                              

Vit A & D

10. Vitamin necessary for absorption of bile salts

Vit D & K

11. Vitamin necessary for coagulation

Vit K

12. Erythrocyte maturation factor

Vit B12 or cyanocobalamin

13. Vitamins stored in liver

A, D, K, B, folate

14. Vitamins stored in fat

Vit D

15. Vitamin present in cereals

Thiamine

16. Vitamins which are present in animal food

Vit B, and D

17. Heat labile vitamins

Vit C and folic acid

18. Heat stable and light sensitive

Vit K & Riboflavin

19. Vitamins synthesised in gut

B2, B12 and vit. K

20. Vitamin synthesised by skin

Vit D

21. Vitamin which is anti-oxidant

Vit E

22. Vitamin used in treatment of methemoglobinemia

Vit C

23. Deficiency of which vitamin causes convulsions

Pyridoxine

24. Vitamins required for wound healing

Vit A&C

25. Vitamins required for development of tooth & its maintenance

Vit A, C&D

26. Raw beef tongue or bald tongue of sandwith is caused by 

Niacin Deficiency

27. Vitamin that causes neonatal jaundice

Vit K

28. Vitamin that cannot cross placenta

Vit D


Antivitamins

1. Thiamin - Pyrithiamine

2. Biotin - Avidin

3. Pyridoxine - INH

4. Vit K. Dicoumarol

5. Folic acid - Aminopterin