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| Substance essential for maintenance of normal metabolic functions |
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| Vitamin C and eleven vitamins in B group |
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| Dietary recommended intakes |
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| Estimated average requirement |
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| Recommended daily allowance |
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| Inadequate intake, disturbances in absorption, increased requirements |
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Cells held together by collagen and intercellular ground substance (require vitamin C)
Deficiency leads to spongy gums, loosening of teeth, scurvy |
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| Adverse effects of vitamin C |
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| Diarrhea, formation kidney stones, rebound scurvy |
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Folate: decrease incidence of neural tube defects
Vitamin B6: lower risk heart disease
Vitamin B12 |
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| Growth and development retarded, night blindness and visual impairment, respiratory infection, dry, thick horny skin |
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| Dry itchy skin, vomiting, headache, feeling pressure in head, enlarged liver and spleen |
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| Therapeutic Uses of Vitamin A |
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| Treatment of vitamin A deficiency, increased requirement, treatment of acne |
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Increase absorption of calcium and phosphate from intestine
Regulation blood calcium level
Involved in removal of calcium from older bone |
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Decreased absorption calcium and phosphate from intestine
Decrease in blood calcium level
Calcium removed from bone, rickets |
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| Excessive Intake of Vitamin D |
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Elevated calcium levels, deposited in several tissues
Excess removal of calcium from bone
Fatigue, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, impaired kidney function |
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Essential for normal reproduction
Treatment of premature babies with hemolytic anemia |
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| Muscular dystrophy, heart muscle degeneration |
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