Lack of Vitamin $B_1$ causes:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Beri beri
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Sl. No. |
Name of Vitamins |
Sources |
Deficiency diseases |
| 1. |
Vitamin A |
Fish liver oil, carrots, butter and milk |
Xerophthalmia (hardening of cornea of eye), Night blindness |
| 2. |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) |
Yeast, milk, green vegetables and cereals |
Beri beri (loss of appetite, retarded growth) |
| 3. |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) |
Milk, eggwhite, liver, kidney |
Cheilosis (fissuring at corners of mouth and lips), digestive disorders and burning sensation of the skin. |
| 4. |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
Yeast, milk, egg yolk, cereals and grams |
Convulsions |
| 5. |
Vitamin B12 |
Meat, fish, egg and curd |
Pernicious anaemia (RBCs deficient in haemoglobin) |
| 6. |
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) |
Citrus fruits, amla and green leafy vegetables |
Scurvy (bleeding gums) |
| 7. |
Vitamin D |
Exposure to sunlight, fish and egg yolk |
Rickets (bone deformities in children) and osteomalacia (soft bones and joint pain in adults) |
| 8. |
Vitamin E |
Vegetable oils like wheat germ oil, sunflower oil, etc. |
Increased fragility of RBCs and muscular weakness |
| 9. |
Vitamin K |
Green leafy vegetables |
Increased blood clotting time |