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vitamins and minerals
toxicity/deficiency symptoms of vitamins and minerals
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Nutrition
Undergraduate 1
04/27/2013

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Term
vitamin D
Definition
Toxicity: hypercalcemia
Deficiency: Rickets in children; osteomalacia and/or osteoporosis in adults
Term
vitamin E
Definition
Toxicity: rare
Deficiency: hemolytic anemia; impairment of nerve, muscle, and immune function
Term
Thiamin (vitamin B1)
Definition
Toxicity: none known
Deficiency: Beriberi
Term
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Definition
Toxicity: none known
Deficiency: Ariboflavinosis; anemia
Term
Niacin, nicotinamide, nicotinic acid
Definition
Toxicity: flushing, livre damage
Deficiency: Pellagra
Term
pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine (vitamin B6)
Definition
Toxicity: nerve damage, skin lesions
Deficiency: Anemia, seborrheicdermatitis
Term
cobalamin (vitamin B12)
Definition
toxicity: none known
Deficiency: pernicious anemia
Term
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Definition
toxicity: nausea and diarrhea, kidney stones
deficiency: scurvy
Term
calcium
Definition
toxicity: mineral imbalances
deficiency: osteoporosis
Term
Iodine
Definition
Toxicity: goiter
Deficiency: goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism in infant of mother who is iodine deficient
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