NHM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Scurvy, Thiamine, Broccoli

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Food Science
• Course: NHM 101
• Professor: Rusung Tan

Document Summary

How do vitamins differ from macronutrients: functions, do not provide energy, but do assist with the energy release process, food contents, foods contain less vitamins than macronutrients, our bodies need less vitamins, milligrams and micrograms vs. grams. Solubility of vitamins: water soluble vitamins b vitamins and vitamin c, hydrophilic, most travel freely in the body, go directly to bloodstream when absorbed, kidneys identify excess which are removed in urine, fat soluble vitamins vitamins a, d, e, k, hydrophobic, require a transport protein, go to lymph system first when absorbed and then to blood stream, stored in fatty tissues and liver, so are not readily excreted. B vitamins: thiamin (vitamin b1, riboflavin (vitamin b2, niacin (vitamin b3, biotin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, foliate, vitamin b12, make up a portion of multiple coenzymes involved in metabolism, coenzyme work with an enzyme to facilitate the enzymes activity, serve important roles in metabolism.