The beri-beri is a paralytic disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin- |
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a) |
Funk |
b) |
G E Foxon |
c) |
Eijkman |
d) |
Stanley |
The beri-beri is a paralytic disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin- |
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a) |
Funk |
b) |
G E Foxon |
c) |
Eijkman |
d) |
Stanley |
(c)
Beri-beri is a disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin- Its symptoms include anorexia, retarded growth, degeneration of bones and muscles, fatigue and even paralysis and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin-
and the disease beri-beri were discovered by Eijkman in 1897.