Brominated+vegetable+oil

Aimee Leong

=Brominated Vegetable Oil=

Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is vegetable oil that has bromine mixed in it too.

•What type of nutrient/chemical is it? (Protein, carbohydrate, lipid, vitamin, mineral, etc.) Brominated Vegetable Oil was a type of carbohydrate. •What happens if there is too much or too little of this nutrient in your diet? What human body systems are most affected by this? Depression, memory loss, hallucinations, violent tendencies, seizures, cerebral atrophy, acute irritability, tremors, ataxia, confusion, loss of peripheral vision, slurred speech, stupor, tendon reflex changes, photo phobia due to enlarged pupils, and extensor plantar responses. http://shii.org/knows/Brominated_vegetable_oil •From what type of foods do we mainly obtain this chemical/nutrient? The type of foods that mainly obtain brominated vegetable oil are citrus-favor soft drinks. •Include a diagram of the molecule.

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