A Team of Scientists Determines That the Average Healthy Woman

question 25

Multiple Choice

A team of scientists determines that the average healthy woman who is between 19 and 30 years of age needs 40 mg of a vitamin to prevent developing the vitamin's deficiency disorder.Based on this information,the

• A)woman will develop the vitamin's toxicity disorder when she consumes between 40 and 50 mg of the vitamin on a daily basis for about 10 weeks.
• B)scientists can determine the RDA for the vitamin.
• C)woman can meet her AMDR for the vitamin by consuming at least 40 mg/day.
• D)UL for the vitamin will be based on the EER value.

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Definitions:

Regiochemistry

The branch of chemistry that concerns itself with the location at which atoms are positioned in the product of a chemical reaction.

Transition State

A high-energy state during a chemical reaction through which reactants must pass before becoming products.

Partial Charges

Small electric charges that result from an unequal distribution of electrons in a chemical bond, leading to regions of slight positive and negative charge.

Stereochemical

Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effect of this arrangement on chemical reactions.