NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Monounsaturated Fat, Hemolytic Anemia, Anticoagulant

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Alpha- tocopherol (antioxidant: donates h+ and electrons. Foods naturally enriched with vitamin e: mufa and pufa rich foods. Distributed throughout the body (not stored in the liver) Not stored very long or very well so it must be taken in the diet often. Free radicals are created naturally by the immune system to fight infections and bacteria and are also created during normal body metabolism (ex. Deficiency leads to: hemolytic anemia- red blood cell lysis/ breakage, lung membranes. Premature infants" (incubator which is high in oxygen) lung surfaces can be damaged without the protection of vitamin e. History and sources: taking more than 1000 mg/day can interfere with proper blood clotting, 1929: fat soluble factor necessary for blood clotting, vitamin k- koagulations vitamin, 1939: discovered there were many vitamers. K2- menaquinone (meat, cheese, eggs, colon microbes) Long term broad spectrum antibiotics: impacts on vitamin k status (decreases)

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