Vitamins and Provitamins Quiz

Malnutrition

Increase in requirements during pregnancy

Malabsorption

Excessive intake of vitamins (correct)

Vitamins found in their active form in animal sources

Substances found in foods that are not in the active form and are converted to the active form once absorbed

Vitamins that cannot be synthesized in plenty amounts in the body

Different forms of one vitamin (correct)

Vitamins that cannot be synthesized in plenty amounts in the body

Different forms of one vitamin

Substances found in foods that are not in the active form and are converted to the active form once absorbed (correct)

Vitamins found in their active form in animal sources

<p>Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Preformed vitamins are found in their active form in foods from animal sources, while provitamins are substances found in foods that are converted to the active form once absorbed</p> Signup and view all the answers