1.5.93 - nutrition

You see many patients who subsist on a diet of corn meal and boiled greens, have little appetite for food, alternate between diarrhea and constipation, have an inflamed tongue, and a scaly dermatitis on exposed skin. The patients most likely have a vitamin deficiency resulting in decreased a. b. c. d. e.

• a. -keto acid decarboxylation.
• b. two-electron transfer reactions.
• c. acyl group transfer reactions.
• d. transaminations.
• e. proline and lysine hydroxylation.