KIN 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pyridoxine, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Acetyl-Coa

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KIN 110
• Professor: Gayatri Guhanarayan

Document Summary

Unlike cho, pro, fat (and water), where you need hundreds or thousands of grams you only need milligrams (grains of salt) or micrograms of vitamins and minerals. But they play a vital role in energy producion. Generally stored in body for weeks/months (usually in liver) Vitamin c is stored but not that much. Thiamine (b1), ribolavin (b2), niacin (b3), pyridoxine (b6), bioin, pantothenic acid. Thiamine: coenzyme forms acetyl coa (pyruvate acetyl coa (needs thiamine)) Niacin and ribolavin: coenzymes that produce energy oxidaively.