PHAR 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Vitamin A Deficiency, Pernicious Anemia, Linus Pauling
11 Nov 2016
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Explain the meaning of recommended daily dietary allowance". Describe situations in which vitamins are required as dietary supplements. List the risks and benefits of taking vitamins. List the vitamins of the b group. Discuss the present ideas on folate supplements. Separate facts from supposition in the actions of vitamins c, e, a and d. Vitamins a substance essential for the maintenance of normal metabolic functions, but is not made in the body and therefore must be provided from an outside source. Study of beriberi (form of polneuritis in east asia from consumption of polished rice lacking a vitamin-rich husk) vitamin b1 thiamin. Study of pernicious anemia deficiency of vitamin b12. Pellagra deficiency of vitamin b3 niacin. Classification: water soluble vitamins vitamin c and 11 of the vitamins in the b group, fat soluble vitamins vitamins a, d, e and k.
