NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thrombus, Goitre, Bleeding On Probing
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Causes a de ciency disorder when it"s missing from the diet. Fat soluble (a, d, e, k: associated with lipids in foods and the body, do not dissolve in water or urine, stored in the body and may be toxic. Water soluble (b and c: dissolve in watery compounds of foods and body, not stored to a major extent, generally nontoxic, coenzymes. Choline is generally referred to vitamin-like roles of vitamins. Regulate a variety of body processes: cell division and development, growth and maintenance of tissues antioxidant substance that gives up electrons to stabilize free radicals. Oxidation reactions can form radicals, substances with an unpaired electron: oxidation = loss of electrons. Oxidation can result in build up of ldls: reduction = gain of electrons. By giving up an electron to a free radical, an antioxidant protects other molecules: action stabilizes the free radical. Beta-carotene and vitamins e and c function as antioxidants sources of vitamins natural sources .
