How could you determine the role of an 'unknown' vitamin/mineral/nutrient?

Subject: How could you determine the role of an 'unknown' vitamin/mineral/nutrient?

Date: Wed Jul 26 14:00:31 2006
Posted by Jessica
Grade level: undergrad School: Purdue University
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Area of science: Biochemistry
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If given any of the three, assuming it exists, but given no information about 
what it is, how can you determine it's function? What kind of experiments 
could be used to determine either a.)what it is or b.)it's function.

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