Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease?
a)
Ascorbic acid - Scurvy
b)
Retional - Xerophthalmia
c)
Cobalamin - Beri-beri
d)
Calciferol - Pellagra
Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease?
a)
Ascorbic acid - Scurvy
b)
Retional - Xerophthalmia
c)
Cobalamin - Beri-beri
d)
Calciferol - Pellagra
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Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease?
a)
Ascorbic acid - Scurvy
b)
Retional - Xerophthalmia
c)
Cobalamin - Beri-beri
d)
Calciferol - Pellagra
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Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease? |
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a) |
Ascorbic acid - Scurvy |
b) |
Retional - Xerophthalmia |
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c) |
Cobalamin - Beri-beri |
d) |
Calciferol - Pellagra |
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Answer Key / Explanation : (b) -
(b)
The disease xerophthalmia is caused due to deficiency of fat soluble vitamin-A (retinol). Calciferol or vitamin-D is also fat soluble but its deficiency disease are rickets, osteomalacia and dental caries. Pellagra is caused due to niacin (vitamin-
) deficiency.
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