Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is required for blood clotting and to prevent hemorrhaging. It also plays a role in bone formation and repair. Deficiencies can occur with inadequate dietary intake‚ malabsorption syndrome‚ chronic liver disease and in patients taking antibiotics. There are several forms of vitamin K‚ including K1‚ K2 and K3. K1 is the form found in plants such as spinach‚ broccoli‚ cabbage‚ and cauliflower. Vegetable oils such as olive and soybean also contain small
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Vitamins Market segmentation is an integral part of a company’s marketing strategy. It is the process of breaking down a larger market into smaller and more homogeneous groups of customers to define their needs and wants more precisely. Characteristics of individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations are the variables used to divide total market into segments. Consumer markets can be segmented based on the following customer characteristics: geographic‚ demographic‚ psychographic‚ and behavioral. Vitamins
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Outline Introduction Vitamin E: is a fat soluble vitamin found in many foods and oils. It serves as an Antioxidant is a substance that may prevent damage to the body’s cells. The Importants of this vitamin is to help your body make red blood cells. I. Function: The antioxidant being the most important and best known. As enzymatic is a regulator for instance protein Kinase which plays a role in smooth muscle
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Estimating the Vitamin C Concentration in Fruit Juices: A Redox Titration Prelab Assignment – Please turn your answers in on GaView prior to lab 1. How will you prepare a .02% (m/v) NBS solution? Calculations should be in your notebook before arriving to lab. 2. Provide the structure of vitamin C in its reduced form (ascorbic acid)‚ its ionized form (ascorbate ion- this is at equilibrium with reduced form when dissolved)‚ and its oxidized form (dehydroascorbate). 3. Why do you
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take vitamin supplements ? I do not think we should take vitamin supplements as studies have shown that vitamins from supplements do not act on the body as the same way as vitamins from food‚ we can get what we need from a balanced diet. Fruit and veg which are high in vitamins also supply fibre which is necessary for health and often lacking in diets relying on supplements . Vitamins can have toxic effects‚ some may need vitamins but more vitamins is not necessarly better for example‚ vitamin A stores
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Vitamin C –A Natural Antioxidant Concept: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant. The amount of vitamin C content in food can be found out by titrating with an oxidising agent‚ e.g. iodine. In the reaction‚ vitamin C is oxidised‚ while iodine is reduced to iodide ions. The endpoint is determined by the formation of blue-black starch-iodine complex when all vitamin C is oxidised and excess iodine is free to react with the starch solution added as indicator. Introduction Vitamin C is an
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Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin found in vegetable oil‚ nuts‚ leafy green vegetables and whole-wheat flour. Vitamin E is an antitoxin that protects your cells against the potentially damaging byproducts of your body’s metabolism. The daily amount of Vitamin E that should taken by a healthy adult is 15 mg or 22 IU (International Units). Vitamin E does many good things for our body. It promotes normal growth and development in younger individuals. It acts as an anti-blood clotting agent
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of orange juices‚ and we also used 0.1% of vitamin C solution. The aim of our experiment was to see how much DCPIP was needed to be added to make the orange juices turn back to the orange colour and the DCPIP to decolourise once the 0.1% of vitamin C was added. DCPIP is a blue dye in its non-reduced form; it becomes colourless when it gains electrons. Vitamin C is an anti – oxidant‚ this is found mainly in fresh fruit and vegetables. The main use of Vitamin C is that it neutralises free radicals‚ which
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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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essential fatty acids are flax‚ canola oil‚ fish and soy. Vitamins Vitamin E improves circulation to all parts of the body. The scalp needs proper circulation in order for hair follicles to be stimulated. Vitamin E can be found in avocados‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ olive oil‚ wheat germ‚ dried beans‚ soybeans‚ and dark green leafy vegetables. The B vitamins which include Biotin‚ Vitamin B6‚ Vitamin B12‚ and Pantothenic Acid prevent hair loss. These vitamins can easily be incorporated by adding eggs‚ meat‚ poultry
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