Vitamin K
How many forms of vitamin K are there?
How many forms of Vitamin A are there?
Three.
What are the two major dietary forms of iron?
Heme iron and non-heme iron.
What foods are a good source of phylloquinone?
Green leafy vegetables, broccoli, asparagus, and brussel sprouts.
The three forms of vitamin A are known as what?
Retinoids.
Heme iron is found where?
In foods of animal origin in hemoglobin and myoglobin.
Vitamin K2 is synthesized by bacteria where?
In the colon.
Which two forms are fairly interchangeable?
Retinol and Retinal.
What percentage of iron in fish, meat, and poultry is non-heme iron?
60%.
Menaquinone compromises how much of absorbed vitamin K?
10%
What are the two primary dietary sources of Vitamin A?
Animal products and plants.
What is the difference in oxidized iron and reduced iron?
Fe3+ and Fe2+
What is the synthetic form of Vitamin K called?
Menadione (K3).
True or False. Preformed vitamin A is only found in animal products.
True.
Approximately 85-90% of iron we consume is what type of iron?
non-heme iron.