NBCD - Vitamin-Like Substances (copy)

Lipoic Acid

Lipoic Acid

Sulfur-containing fat sol subs that participates in CHO metab converting pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA; has not yet been established as dietary essential for humans

Choline

Part of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine; required for the synth of phospholipid

Serine and Methionine

Choline can be synthesized in the body from these AA

Liver damage

Effect of choline deficiency

body sweating, reduced growth, and low BP

Choline toxicity

myoinositol

Needed for the integrity of cellular and intracellular membranes; synthesized in may body tissues from glucose;

carnitine

Essential substance needed to transport long chain FAs into the cell's mitochondria where they are oxidized to provide E

Carnitine

Vital to the survival of premature infants

Lysine and Methionine

Carnitine can be synthesized in the liver from these AA

Human and cow's milk

Food source of carnitine

Coenzyme Q

ubiquinone; plays an important role in the ETC

Taurine

A sulfur-containing amino acid derived from cysteine

Taurine

Regulates the ativity of the nervous system, particularly the retina of the eye; involved in the absorption of fat

True

True or False: taurine is unable to become a part of a peptide or protein molecule

taurine and glycine

Infants are able to form conjugate between bile salts, and ______ which aid in fat absorption