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GK Science: All about Vitamins

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             MINERALS ALTERNATIVE NAMEDEFICIENCY DISEASE
Vitamin ARetinolNight blindness
Vitamin B1ThiamineBeri-Beri
Vitamin B2RiboflavinExtreme and unusual sensitivity to light
Vitamin B4NiacinPellagra
Vitamin B5Nicotinic acidIrritability, fatigue, tiredness, and apathy.
Vitamin B6PyridoxineResponsible for protein in metabolism, formation of blood; found in all food grains
Vitamin B12CobalaminePernicious / Megaloblastic anemia
Vitamin CAscorbic acidScurvy
Vitamin DCalcipherolRickets, Osteomalacia
Vitamin ETocopherolAnimals’ sterility (Reproduction capacity reduces)
Vitamin KPhillioquineHemorrhage