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प्रश्न
Define the following term:
Vitamins
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उत्तर
Vitamins: Organic compounds required in the diet in small amounts to perform specific biological functions for normal maintenance of optimum growth and health of the organism.
For example: vitamin A, deficiency of which causes night blindness.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which of the following vitamins is water soluble?
- A
- D
- E
- B
Why vitamin C cannot be stored in our body?
How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
Deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?
Which of the following B group vitamins can be stored in our body?
Match the vitamins given in Column I with the deficiency disease they cause given in Column II.
| Column I (Vitamins) | Column II (Diseases) |
| (i) Vitamin A | (a) Pernicious anaemia |
| (ii) Vitamin B1 | (b) Increased blood clotting time |
| (iii) Vitamin B12 | (c) Xerophthalmia |
| (iv) Vitamin C | (d) Rickets |
| (v) Vitamin D | (e) Muscular weakness |
| (vi) Vitamin E | (f) Night blindness |
| (vii) Vitamin K | (g) Beri Beri |
| (h) Bleeding gums | |
| (i) Osteomalacia |
Assertion: Vitamin D can be stored in our body.
Reason: Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin.
Niacin is vitamin
The RBC deficiency is a deficiency disease of ______.
Assertion (A): Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body.
Reason (R): Vitamin C is fat soluble and is excreted from the body in urine.
