UNH Nutrition 400 Final Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
8 enzymes of vitamin B - Correct answers✔✔Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate, B12, Biotin,
Pantothenic Acid, B6
Niacin can be synthesized from? - Correct answers✔✔tryptophan
Major functions of Folate - Correct answers✔✔Formation of DNA, metabolize amino acids,
formation of neurotransmitters
Synthetic form of folate? - Correct answers✔✔folic acid
Folate deficiencies can cause? - Correct answers✔✔macrocytic anemia and neural tube defects
major functions of vitamin B12 - Correct answers✔✔formation of blood, folate metabolism,
homocysteine metabolism, maintains myelin sheaths
deficiency of vitamin B12 - Correct answers✔✔lack of HCL - atrophic gastritis
lack of intrinsic factor - pernicious anemia
vitamin C - Correct answers✔✔water soluble vitamin
ascorbic acid
important antioxidant
, deficiency of vitamin C - Correct answers✔✔smokers at risk
could cause scurvy
toxicity - Correct answers✔✔GI disturbances
what can Vitamin C protect against - Correct answers✔✔cancer, heart disease, common cold
symptoms of beriberi - Correct answers✔✔edema, extreme fatigue
innate immunity - Correct answers✔✔nonspecific, present at birth, physical barriers, HCL, fever
acquired immunity - Correct answers✔✔adaptive or specific, develops as we age, production of
antibodies
oxidizing agents - Correct answers✔✔cause cell damage, free radicals (unpaired electron,
unstable), initiate cascade of disturbance
antioxidants - Correct answers✔✔able to stop or repair free radical damage, largely supplied by
diet
vitamin E - Correct answers✔✔fat soluble vitamin, important antioxidant in lipid-rich areas of
body
most active form of vitamin E? - Correct answers✔✔alpha tocopherol
where is vitamin E stored? - Correct answers✔✔adipose tissue
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
8 enzymes of vitamin B - Correct answers✔✔Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate, B12, Biotin,
Pantothenic Acid, B6
Niacin can be synthesized from? - Correct answers✔✔tryptophan
Major functions of Folate - Correct answers✔✔Formation of DNA, metabolize amino acids,
formation of neurotransmitters
Synthetic form of folate? - Correct answers✔✔folic acid
Folate deficiencies can cause? - Correct answers✔✔macrocytic anemia and neural tube defects
major functions of vitamin B12 - Correct answers✔✔formation of blood, folate metabolism,
homocysteine metabolism, maintains myelin sheaths
deficiency of vitamin B12 - Correct answers✔✔lack of HCL - atrophic gastritis
lack of intrinsic factor - pernicious anemia
vitamin C - Correct answers✔✔water soluble vitamin
ascorbic acid
important antioxidant
, deficiency of vitamin C - Correct answers✔✔smokers at risk
could cause scurvy
toxicity - Correct answers✔✔GI disturbances
what can Vitamin C protect against - Correct answers✔✔cancer, heart disease, common cold
symptoms of beriberi - Correct answers✔✔edema, extreme fatigue
innate immunity - Correct answers✔✔nonspecific, present at birth, physical barriers, HCL, fever
acquired immunity - Correct answers✔✔adaptive or specific, develops as we age, production of
antibodies
oxidizing agents - Correct answers✔✔cause cell damage, free radicals (unpaired electron,
unstable), initiate cascade of disturbance
antioxidants - Correct answers✔✔able to stop or repair free radical damage, largely supplied by
diet
vitamin E - Correct answers✔✔fat soluble vitamin, important antioxidant in lipid-rich areas of
body
most active form of vitamin E? - Correct answers✔✔alpha tocopherol
where is vitamin E stored? - Correct answers✔✔adipose tissue
