KINESIOL 1F03 Study Guide - Phylloquinone, Oily Fish, Rickets
1 May 2013
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3500 years ago, arab and egyptian physicians provided certain foods to help with star-gazing at night. 400 b. c. e. : followed the practice of the arab and egyptian physicians, prescribed beef liver to help see stars at night first documented discovery of vitamin a and treatment of night blindness . 1716-1794: discovered the health needs of vitamin c in british sailors, scurvy . disease caused by vitamin c deficiency, vitamin c necessary for collagen synthesis. Signs and symptoms: fatigue, anemia (low rbc count), hemorrhaging, teeth loosening, softening of bones. I can"t, i can"t : singhalese language (sri lanka) Impairs glucose metabolism . nervous system problems (weakness, fatigue, depression): muscle wasting, uncoordinated movements. Isolated an amine in rice nitrogen containing functional group. Discovered . providing an amine improved the health of thiamin deprived chickens. Referred to this amine as vital for life . therefore, we now have vital . What are vitamins: organic molecules carbon based, required in small units (micrograms).
