ESS 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pyridoxine, Neural Tube Defect, Kidney Stone Disease
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Water soluble vitamins include the b vitamins, vitamin c and the vitamin like nutrient, choline. Can be destroyed or removed in food preparation. Need for water soluble vitamins may be increased in which group: pregnant women, breastfeeding women, elderly, individuals with high fever, all of the above . Vitamin deficiencies are rare in countries with adequate food supply, vitamin deficiencies may occur due to various factors. B vitamins were initially thought to be a single large vitamin b complex, but each has distinct structure and function. A coenzyme can be defined as: an enzyme that is required for activation of vitamin c, a compound that binds to a protein (enzyme) and is required for its function or activity . Thiamin is the common name for vitamin b1. The deficiency disease associated with vitamin b thiamine is: beriberi , pernicious anemia, megaloblastic anemia. Causes muscle wasting, fatigue and mental disturbances.
