BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 8. VITAMINS

Review Questions

1. What are Vitamins, and how are they classified into groups?

2. Which vitamins are activated with the participation of ATP?

3. Which vitamins are involved in oxidation-reduction reactions?

4. Through what mechanism do active forms of vitamins A and D function, and what processes do they regulate?

5. Name the vitamins whose deficiency causes pellagra, polyneuritis, scurvy, and Rickets.

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