CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research Vitamin supplements bring added nutritional values to people’s health. With their contents of the certain recommended amount of minerals and vitamins needed for staying healthy‚ vitamin supplements have become more and more popular especially for those with hectic and busy lifestyles. These people believe that daily or regular consumption of vitamin supplements helps to ensure the proper intake of nutrition needed—a compensation for what
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much of a good thing is an adage that can apply to vitamins. The body needs vitamins to function properly‚ but high doses of certain vitamins can be toxic‚ especially fat soluble vitamins that the body stores for long periods of time. Water Soluble Vitamins Water-soluble vitamin toxicity is rare because the body does not store water-soluble vitamins and excess amounts are usually excreted in urine. Side effects associated with water-soluble vitamins occur due to intake of extremely high doses. Peripheral
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Abstract Vitamin C‚ also known as ascorbic acid‚ is a water soluble vitamin that is regarded as one of the safest and most effective nutrients. Vitamin C can be found in most fruits and vegetables. The goal of the experiment is to find out the concentration of vitamin C in three citrus fruits‚ orange‚ lemon and lime‚ and to compare them and find out which fruit contains the highest concentration of Vitamin C. By using the juice from each fruit to make a solution to combine with 10cm³ of DCPIP until
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Determination of Vitamin C by an Iodometric Titration Purpose: The goal of this lab is to determine the concentration of vitamin C in juices and Real Lemon. A redox titration‚ involving an iodometric method‚ will be used to do the analysis. The samples will be classified by their Vitamin C content. Introduction: Although most mammals can synthesize vitamin C‚ or ascorbic acid (C6H8O6)‚ from sugars‚ man must ingest considerable quantities of this substance. The National Academy of Sciences recommends
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Belonging to the B-complex vitamin family‚ an optimal amount of vitamin B5 should be included in a healthy diet to ensure good health and proper functioning of all the organ systems. This vitamin serves a wide range of functions in the body‚ from the production neurotransmitters in the brain‚ the fabrication of steroids‚ enhancing the immune system to the extraction of fats‚ proteins and other important nutrients from food. Vitamin B5 is also found in blood plasma and is sometimes called panthenoic
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Effect of Heat on Vitamin C Objective: - To determine whether the concentration of Vitamin C in a fruit juice changes upon heating at a constant temperature for different periods of time. - To investigate how the trend goes (whether the concentration of Vitamin C increases or decreases) if the amount of Vitamin C does change. Theory: - Hypothesis: The concentration of Vitamin C in the fruit juice changes and decreases upon heatingat a constant temperature for increasing periods of time
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Vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid is vital to our body. It can strengthen our body to resist against infection. It is known that deficiency of vitamin C can cause scurvy. Vitamin C is present in various fruits. Since vitamin C is a reducing agent‚ it can be deactivated by a wide range of oxidizing agents including atmospheric oxygen. Therefore‚ precautions are needed to prevent or minimize the degradation of vitamin C during sample preparation. The ascorbic acid exists in two forms which
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How is Vitamin C manufactured? Ascorbic Acid Also known as: l-ascorbic acid‚ vitamin C‚ ascorbate A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets‚ and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form‚ vitamin C‚ functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxidant. http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary
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October 14‚ 2011 Vitamin B12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 deficiency is also known as Cabalamin‚ it is a water-soluble vitamin that helps to maintain the healthy central nervous system and the formation of the red blood cells. Usually water soluble vitamins can’t be stored by the body. However‚ Vitamin B12 is a special kind of vitamin that can be stored in the liver for years. It is also needed to make the DNA material that exists in every cell. The average adult needs 2.4 microgram of vitamin B12 daily. Pregnant
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Benefits of Vitamin E In this article we will look at the benefits of vitamin E. Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin found in many foods‚ especially certain fats and oils. It is a powerful antioxidant that protects the body from damage caused by free radicals. Vitamin E has many other health benefits also. First of all‚ to fully understand the importance of the effect of vitamin E on free radicals‚ you must understand what a free radical is and what it can do to your body. A free radical is an
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