Vitamins Can Be Grouped into Two Broad Categories

question 32

Multiple Choice

Vitamins can be grouped into two broad categories:

• A)the B complex and the rest.
• B)fat soluble and water soluble.
• C)acids and esters.
• D)esters and amines.

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Definitions:

Receptor Proteins

Proteins that respond to specific chemical signals by inducing cellular response.

Protein Pumps

Integral membrane proteins that actively transport ions or molecules across cellular membranes, often against their concentration gradient, using energy.

Macrophages

Large phagocytic cells that can ingest and digest pathogens, cellular debris, and foreign substances, important in the immune response.

Phagocytosis

Process by which cells engulf large substances, forming an intracellular vacuole.