Biology: Nutrition For Kerala Psc
March 25, 2022 2022-03-25 11:34Biology: Nutrition For Kerala Psc
- The process of intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs
Nutrition
- Energy required for a human being:
2000- 3600 kilocalorie per day
- The type of nutrition in which animal intakes food and they get digested and absorbed latter:
Holozoic Nutrition
- The type of nutrition in which one organism completely depends on another:
Parasitic nutrition
- 50% to 70% of energy required by the body was provided by:
Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Polysaccharides are the type of:
Carbohydrates
- Glucose, Fructose and Galactose are:
Monosaccharides
- Maltose and Lactose are:
Disaccharides
- Starch, Cellulose, Kayatin and Glycogen are:
Polysaccharides
- One gram of glucose on oxidation librates liberates an energy of:
4.2 Kilocalorie
- Combination of Glycerol and Fatty acid is known as:
Fat
- 20% to 30% of required energy of human body was provided by:
Fat
- One gram of fat on oxidation librates liberates an energy of:
9.3 Kilocalorie
- The therm protein was first coined in 1838 bySwedish chemist:
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
- The term protein is derived from the Greek word proteios,meaning:
“holding first place.”
- Major protein deficiency diseases are:
Kwashiorkor and Marasmus
- The word “vitamin” was coined in 1911 by:
Casimir Funk
- Water soluble vitamins are:
Vitamin B and Vitamin C
- Fat soluble vitamins are:
Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
Vitamin | Scientific Names | Deficiency disease |
A | Retinol | Nyctalopia (Night Blindness)Xerophthalmia |
D | Calciferol | Rickets ( in Children)Osteomalacia (in Adults) |
E | Tocopherol | AnemiaReproductive Failure |
K | Phylloquinone | Faulty cloting |
B1 | Thiamine | Beri Beri |
B2 | Riboflavin | Cheilosis Ariboflavinosis |
B3 | Niacin | Pellagra |
B5 | Panthogenic Acid | Dermatitis |
B6 | Pyridoxine | Dermatitis Anemia |
B7 | Biotin | Loss of Muscular control and appetiteWeakness and Hair loss |
B9 | Folic Acid | Megaloblastic Anemia |
B12 | Cyanocobalamin | Pernicious Anemia |
B17 | Lacterite | |
C | Ascorbic acid | Scurvy |
P | Hesperidin |
- Vitamin synthesised by skin in presence of sunlight:
Vitamin D
- Vitamin having no plant source:
Vitamin D
- Vitamin having only plant source:
Vitamin C
- Vitamin that aids in absorbing Calcium from gastro intestinal gland and to store in bones:
Calciferol
- Vitamin known as ‘ Vitamin of Reproduction’ or ‘Beauty Vitamin’:
Vitamin E
- Vitamin known as ‘ yellow enzyme’:
Vitamin B2
- Vitamin known as ‘Vitamin H’:
Vitamin B7
- Vitamin having anti- cancerous property:
Lacterite
- Vitamin that helps in maintaining walls of blood vessels:
Vitamin P
- Vitamin that helps in maintaining structure of RBC:
Vitamin E
- Vitamin that helps in DNA production:
Vitamin B12
- Vitamins lost by heating:
B1, B5, B7, B12
- Vitamin deficiency disease known as ‘Sailors Disease’
Scurvy
Minerals | Amount required in one day |
Sodium | 2- 5 g |
Potassium | 1 g |
Calcium | 1.2 g |
Phosphorus | 1.2 g |
Iron | 25 mg for men35 mg for women |
Iodine | 20 mg |
- Mineral helps in maintaining Ph Level of the body fluid:
Chlorine
- Mineral that act as a muscle relaxant:
Magnesium
- Mineral helps in Insulin promotion:
Chromium
- Mineral helps in stimulation of Insulin action:
Zinc
- Mineral helps in utilisation of iron in haemoglobin:
Copper