vitamins
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- D: Function
- Acts as a sterol hormone
- D: Deficiency
- Rickets in children, osteomalecia in adults
- A: Function
- Involved in the gene expression of epithelial cells in the oral cavity
- A: Deficiency
- Night Blindness
- K: Function
- Cofactor, blood clotting agent, transfers glucose residue
- K: Deficiency
- Bleeding disorders
- E: Function
- Membrane anti-oxidant
- E: Deficiency
- Rare: in pregnant women and infants, may cause hemolytic anemia
- Folate (folic Acid): Function
- 1-carbon transport reactions, especially in purine synthesis
- Folate (folic acid): Deficiency
- Megaloblastic anemia, neurological, hematological disorders
- Ascorbic acid (C): Function
- reductions, synthesis of collagen, adrenaline, steriods and bile salat, catabolism of tyrosine
- Ascorbic acid (C): Deficiency
- Scurvy
- B1: Function
- Carbon transport
- B1: Deficiency
- Beri-Beri
- B2: Function
- Proton/electron transport
- B2: Deficiency
- Pallegra
- B3: Function
- Hydride ion transport
- B3: Deficiency
- Pallegra, glossitis
- B6: Function
- Amino Transport
- B6: Deficiency
- Deficiency in oxygen transport, broad neurological disorders
- B12: Function
- Methyl Transport
- B12: Deficiency
- Urine accumulation of metabolites that require methylation, dementia
- Zinc: Function
- Coenzyme, energy metabolism, protein synthesis/catabolism
- Zinc: Deficiency
- Renal failure, retarded growth, impairment in reproduction
- Copper: Function
- Oxygen scavenger
- Copper: Deficiency
- Erythrocyte damage, vascular damage, defects in collagen and elastin, bleeding
- Water Soluble Vitamins
- Folic acid, C, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, Zinc, Copper
- Fat Soluble Vitamins
- D, A, K, E