Vitamins and Minerals General Concepts: * Divided into two major groups: fat soluble and water soluble * fat soluble: A‚ D‚ E‚ K * requirements vary with species‚ size‚ growth rate‚ environment (temperature‚ presence of toxins‚ etc.) and metabolic function (growth‚ stress response‚ disease resistance) * many species can utilize intestinal bacteria synthesis for meeting vitamin requirements Vitamin
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Vitamins‚ Nutrients‚ and Minerals Vitamins‚ nutrients‚ and minerals are all important substances that are required to lead a happy‚ healthy life. Firstly‚ vitamins are an organic compound required by the body in small amounts of metabolism‚ to protect health‚ and for proper growth of children. Vitamins also assist in the formation of hormones‚ blood cells‚ nervous systems chemicals‚ and genetic material. There are 13 well-identified vitamins. Some examples of the 13 well-identified
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NAME-FOSU-MENSAH EMMANUEL ID NUMBER-10372921 VITAMINS Vitamins are organic compounds which are needed in small quantities to sustain life. We get vitamins from food‚ because the human body either does not produce enough of them or none at all. An organic compound contains carbon. When an organism cannot produce enough of an organic chemical compound that it needs in tiny amounts‚ and has to get it from food‚ it is called a vitamin. Sometimes the compound is a vitamin for a human but not for some other
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VITAMIN B1 VERSION 1.0 What is it? Vitamin B1 is a water-soluble vitamin also referred to as thiamine. It is part of the B complex group and essential for normal metabolism‚ cardiovascular and nervous system health. Why you may need vitamin B1 Cataracts - a high dietary intake of thiamine is associated with a reduced risk of cataracts. Mouth ulcers – low blood levels have been found in people with recurrent mouth ulcers. Insect repellent – vitamin B1 is a popular natural insect repellent
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information that I was using. Although this was a crude experiment‚ I believe that I did gain a lot from it. Introduction The drug that I chose‚ Ibuprofen‚ is an anti-inflammatory analgesic. It is propionic acid that is white and powdery‚ and soluble in water‚ and organic solvents such as ethanol and acetone. (1) Its structural formula is: (CH3)2CHCH2 CH(CH3)COOH Its role of action as a drug is not completely clear to the sciences‚ but that with time will change
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Supplementary Vitamins taken in by MMSU Students A Term Paper Submitted to: Dr. RITHA B. REYES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in English 2 _____ by ALFIE MONJE MARJORIE ANN P. TABIJE BS in Accountancy College of Business‚ Economics‚ and Accountancy Mariano Marcos State University March 2011 OUTLINE Thesis Statement: Students take in supplementary vitamins to improve their health. 1. Introduction 1.1 Vitamins 1.1.1 Definition of Vitamins 1.1.2 Importance
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Week 5 Assignment: Community Landscape Project (page 1/5) Student: Tony Donnelly Student ID Number: 15505693 Risk Analysis: Introduction: Milestones are indicators that are inserted into a programme at points of strategic activity. These milestones enable us to track specific events so we can identify certain conditions through the course of a project. In the case of our landscape project we have five milestones inserted into our Gantt chart. They are at task 2 Design backyard‚ task
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This paperwork of SCI 207 Week 2 Laboratory 1 shows the solutions to the following problems: The purpose of this lab is to learn more about how connected you are to the ecosystems and biosphere that you inhabit. You will learn how your everyday choices contribute to the human impacts on our environment you General Questions - General General Questions Lab 2 - Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination Post-Lab Questions: 1. Restate your hypothesis. Was it confirmed
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Research Question: How the amount of vitamin C in fruit juices affects its freshness and till what extent is the information provided on the pack by manufacturers is reliable? Background Information: Hypothesis: -fresh juices have more vitamin C than long-life -juice that is ‘not from concentrate’ is best in terms of vitamin content -if heat destroys vitamin C then heat-treated long-life juices will have lower concentrations -if heat destroys vitamin C then boiled fruit juice will have
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ANALYSIS EXPERIMENT: DETERMINATION OF ASCORBIC ACID IN VITAMIN C TABLETS THEORY: Ascorbic acid‚ C6H8O6‚ MM = 176.13‚ can be oxidized to form dehydroascorbic acid by bromine via the following reaction: The bromine or iodine used in the titration is generated by adding an excess amount of KBr or KI to an acidified solution of the sample according to the following reaction: BrO3- + 5 Br- + 6 H+ 3 Br2 + 3 H2O IO3- + 5 I- + 6 H+ 3 I2 + 3 H2O Sodium thiosulfate
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