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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
Vitamin ‘C’ belongs to the class of—
(a) Vitamins of aliphatic series
(b) Vitamins of aromatic series
(c) Vitamins of alicyclic series
(d) Vitamins of heterocyclic series
How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Give their important sources.
What are the sources of Vitamin C and Vitamin K?
Deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?
The vitamins absorbed from intestine along with fats are ____________.
Assertion: Vitamin D can be stored in our body.
Reason: Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin.
Niacin is vitamin
Give a reason for the following observations:
Water soluble vitamins must be taken regularly in the diet.
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.
