Investigating Vitamin C Background Vitamin C is found in green vegetables‚ fruits‚ and potatoes. It is essential for a healthy diet. The chemical name for vitamin C is ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid is a good reducing agent and therefore it is easily oxidised. Methods for the detection of vitamin C involve titrating it against a solution of an oxidising agent. Where to start There are several oxidising agents that can be used and a commonly used one is 2‚6-dichlorophenol-indophenol or DCPIP
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Submitted by EAST‚ TALIA (TYE5025) on 1/23/2012 1:15:59 PM Points Awarded 14.00 Points Missed 1.00 Percentage 93.3% 1. Most Americans support science because: A) The scientific method allows scientists to learn the Truth. B) All Americans are fascinated by science. C) All Americans are bored silly by science. D) Science has helped make our lives easier‚ safer‚ etc. E) All scientists are sexy. Feedback: Without science and technology‚ the great majority of us would be
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FDA Regulation of Vitamins & Dietary Supplements in the U.S Course: International Business Management BICG 9702 Instructor: Dr. Carmen Dima Date: December 4‚ 2012 Done By: Nolwazi Dhliwayo and Hasnain Akber Ali EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vitamins and dietary supplements are non-drug and non-hormone based products that can be consumed orally in the form of pills‚ powders‚ liquids or intravenously by injection. Their function is to supplement the diet‚ affording consumer’s added nutritional
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(neuromuscular spasm) develops. In infants and young children‚ a long-standing calcium intake deficiency‚ in association with suboptimal vitamin D exposure‚ can produce rickets. Indeed‚ in experimental animals and in humans with extremely low vitamin D levels‚ genetic absence of calcitriol (vitamin D–dependent rickets [VDDR] type I)‚ or genetic absence of the vitamin D receptor (VDDR type II)‚ the use of increased calcium supplementation or calcium infusions will prevent and treat rickets. These observations
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Understand Your Fats and Fiber | Access the American Heart Association web site located on your student page. Read the “Face the Fats: Fats 101” and “Face the Fats: Meet the Fats” sections. Access the Nutrition.gov web site located on your student page.Read the “MedlinePlus: Dietary Fiber” section. Write a 350- to 700-word response in APA format answering the following questions: According to the “Face the Fats” sections‚ what are bad fats‚ better fats‚ and best fats? Define saturated fat‚ unsaturated
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Vitamin D HW205 Kaplan University Vitamin D is actually not classified as a vitamin. It is considered a prohormone and its active form functions as a hormone. In the earlier years Vitamin D was always associated directly with milk. As the progression of research has shown‚ Vitamin D is prominent in many foods. The most vitamin D rich foods are milk‚ margarine‚ fortified cereals‚ fortified orange juice‚ canned tuna and other fish such as mackerel and salmon‚ and some whole
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Katrina M November 7‚ 2013 Osteomalacia Osteomalacia is a disease of the bones‚ caused by a Vitamin D deficiency. Because patients with this disease have bones that are soft‚ they are more likely to bow and fracture than stronger‚ healthier bones. This disease can occur in children‚ in which case it is called Rickets. Because Osteomalacia is caused by the lack of Vitamin D‚ easily accessible in our diets‚ it can be turned around and cured. Osteomalacia affects people of all ages‚ and
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Chapter I “Malunggay Veggie as Natural Vitamin Capsule” a. Background of the Study This study determines the effectiveness of malunggay as natural vitamin and to determine if the malunggay can be a good and safe vitamin. To determine whether a vitamins or natural vitamins made from malunggay veggie is comperable to the commercial or chemical products in terms of : 1.1) its taste 1.2) its price 1.3) its effectiveness
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Chelsea Kostoff ENG 101: Ms. Bell Assignment #2‚ Draft #1 September 12‚ 2011 Being Fat is OK Being fat is OK‚ written by Paul Campos is a great opinion piece stating that the federal government and BMI charts group people as “overweight” when really they aren’t. Campos addresses that even if you are healthy and exercise‚ you can still be obese or over weight because of your height and weight. He believes that there are three lies behind it all and society doesn’t know the answer to most
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stream ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title of experiment The determination of vitamin C. Aim(s) of the experiment (objectives) To determine the concentration of vitamin C in different kinds of juices. Hypothesis Freshly squeezed juice will have the most vitamin C compared to the other types of juices and drinks‚ because the fruit is picked fresh‚ and it is not stored‚ preserved or exposed to oxygen. Chemicals and
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