Consider the following pairs: Vitamin Deficiency disease 1. Vitamin C Scurvy 2. Vitamin D Rickets 3. Vitamin E Night blindness Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1 and 2 only

3 only

1, 2 and 3

None

Consider the following pairs: Vitamin Deficiency disease 1. Vitamin C Scurvy 2. Vitamin D Rickets 3. Vitamin E Night blindness Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? Correct Answer 1 and 2 only

The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

Key Points

Vitamins are substances that our bodies need to develop and function normally like vitamins A, C, D, E, and K, choline, and vitamin B (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate/folic acid).
They shore up bones, heal wounds, and bolster your immune system.
They convert food into energy and repair cellular damage.

Additional Information

Vitamin	Vitamers	Solubility	Diseases	Sources
Vitamin A	Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids	Fat	Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis, and Keratomalacia	Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver
Vitamin B1	Thiamine	Water	Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome	Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs
Vitamin B2	Riboflavin	Water	Ariboflavinosis	Dairy products, bananas, popcorn, green beans, asparagus
Vitamin B3	Niacin, niacinamide	Water	Pellagra	Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts
Vitamin B5	Pantothenic acid	Water	Paresthesia	Meat, broccoli, avocados
Vitamin B6	Pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal	Water	Anaemia peripheral neuropathy.	Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, bananas
Vitamin B7	Biotin	Water	Dermatitis, enteritis	Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, certain vegetables
Vitamin B9	Folic acid, folinic acid	Water	Megaloblast and deficiency during pregnancy are associated with birth defects, such as neural defects.	Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver
Vitamin B12	Cyanocobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, methylcobalamin	Water	Megaloblastic anaemia	Meat and other animal products
Vitamin C	Ascorbic acid	Water	Scurvy	Many fruits and vegetables, liver
Vitamin D	Cholecalciferol	Fat	Rickets and Osteomalacia	Fish, eggs, liver, mushrooms
Vitamin E	Tocopherols, tocotrienols	Fat	Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants.	Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds
Vitamin K	phylloquinone, menaquinones	Fat	Bleeding diathesis	Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, egg yolks, liver

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Consider the following pairs: Vitamin Deficiency disease 1. Vitamin C Scurvy 2. Vitamin D Rickets 3. Vitamin E Night blindness Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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