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Vitamins
Vitamins | Answer |
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A | retinol; night vision |
B1 | thiamin; deficiency causes beriberi (numbness in hands and feet) |
B2 | riboflavin |
B3 | niacin; deficiency causes pellagra |
B6 | pyridoxine |
B12 | cobalamin; deficiency causes Pernicious anemia |
Folic Acid | deficiency causes anemia |
C | ascorbic acid; deficiency causes scurvy (bleeding gums) |
D | calciferol; deficiency in children rickets (bowed legs), and in adults osteomalacia (softened deformed bones) |
E | tocopherol; protects cells from damage and degeneration |
K | proper clotting of the blood |