| 1. |
Vitamin A
|
Fish liver oil, carrots, butter and milk
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Xerophthalmia (hardening of cornea of eye), Night blindness
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| 2. |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
|
Yeast, milk, green vegetables and cereals
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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)
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| 7. |
Vitamin D
|
Exposure to sunlight, fish and egg yolk
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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
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