NUSCTX 10, Midterm 2 - UC Berkeley
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Fat-Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Water-Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B complex plus vitamin C
Required in diet
Act as enzyme cofactors
Deficiencies used to be common
People on poor diets often deficient in multiple vitamins
B Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Thiamin (B1)
Riboflavin (B2)
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,Niacin (B3)
Biotin
Pantothenic Acid
Vitamin B6
Folate
Vitamin B12
Dietary Reference Intakes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adequate Intake
Tolerable Upper-Intake Level
Estimated Average Requirement
Recommended Dietary Allowance
Properties of Water Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dissolve in water
No real stores
Readily excreted
Function: coenzymes and antioxidants
Absorbed by portal system
Not required daily
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,High doses can be toxic
Subject to cooking and food storage losses
Properties of Fat Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fat soluble
Stored in tissues
Remain in adipose and liver
Function: hormones, blood clotting, antioxidants
Absorbed by lymphatic system with fats (chylomicrons)
Not required daily
High doses can be toxic
Digestion of fat soluble vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Require bile acids for
absorption
Require digestive enzymes for absorption
Absorbed in the similar manner of fats
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, Little vitamin K production by gut bacteria
Retinol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamin A
Retinal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Visual Cycle
Retinoids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Support development, growth, reproduction
Epithelia (skin, respiratory, and digestive systems)
Immune System
Nervous System
Vitamin A in the Liver - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Liver breaks down some vitamin A into
retinoic acid and saves the rest for storage
Retinoic Acid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reproduction
Nervous System
Epithelia (skin)
Immune Function
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Fat-Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Water-Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B complex plus vitamin C
Required in diet
Act as enzyme cofactors
Deficiencies used to be common
People on poor diets often deficient in multiple vitamins
B Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Thiamin (B1)
Riboflavin (B2)
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TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Niacin (B3)
Biotin
Pantothenic Acid
Vitamin B6
Folate
Vitamin B12
Dietary Reference Intakes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adequate Intake
Tolerable Upper-Intake Level
Estimated Average Requirement
Recommended Dietary Allowance
Properties of Water Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dissolve in water
No real stores
Readily excreted
Function: coenzymes and antioxidants
Absorbed by portal system
Not required daily
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,High doses can be toxic
Subject to cooking and food storage losses
Properties of Fat Soluble Vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fat soluble
Stored in tissues
Remain in adipose and liver
Function: hormones, blood clotting, antioxidants
Absorbed by lymphatic system with fats (chylomicrons)
Not required daily
High doses can be toxic
Digestion of fat soluble vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Require bile acids for
absorption
Require digestive enzymes for absorption
Absorbed in the similar manner of fats
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, Little vitamin K production by gut bacteria
Retinol - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamin A
Retinal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Visual Cycle
Retinoids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Support development, growth, reproduction
Epithelia (skin, respiratory, and digestive systems)
Immune System
Nervous System
Vitamin A in the Liver - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Liver breaks down some vitamin A into
retinoic acid and saves the rest for storage
Retinoic Acid - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reproduction
Nervous System
Epithelia (skin)
Immune Function
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