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Question
Tabulate the vitamins and their corresponding deficiency diseases.
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Solution
| S.no. | Property | deficiency disease |
| 1. | Vitamin A | Night blindness |
| 2. | Vitamin B | Beri beri |
| 3. | Vitamin C | Scurvy |
| 4. | Vitamin D | Rickets |
| 5. | Vitamin E | Sterility |
| 6. | Vitamin K | Weakness of bones and teeth |
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