Vitamins, Their Sources and Diseases Caused Due to Their Deficiencies
Name of the vitamin
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Main source
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Disease caused due to their deficiencies
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Vitamin A
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Milk, carrot, dark leafy greens, fish, dried apricots, etc.
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Night blindness, dryness of skin (Dermatitis)
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Vitamin B1(Thiamine)
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Cereals, pulses, peas
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Beriberi
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Vitamin B2(Riboflavin)
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Liver, spinach, mushrooms, milk
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Cracking of skin , reddish eye
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Vitamin B6(Pyridoxine)
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Fish, beef liver, vegetables
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Anaemia ,dermatitis
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Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
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Peas, tomato, eggs
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Pellagra and glossitis
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Folic Acid
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Green leafy vegetables, meat, egg, dried beans ,nuts
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Megaloblast and in pregnant birth defects
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Pentothenic Acid
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meat, yeast , pork ,yogurt ,fish eggs
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Premature graying of hair, burning feet syndrome
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Vitamin B12(Cyanocobalamin)
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Milk, liver, meat ,milk
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Pernicious anaemia
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Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
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Lemons, oranges, fresh fruits and vegetables
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Scurvy, sore mouth and gums bleeding
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Vitamin D (Calciferol)
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Dairy products, sun rays, eggs, oily fish, milk
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Many diseases of the bones, rickets in children, osteomalacia
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Vitamin E (Tocopherol)
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Milk , soyabeans, egg yolk , butter
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Interferes with reproduction and causes abortion and menstrual irregularities
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Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
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Fish, peas and green vegetables
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Causes the delayed clotting of blood
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