Vitamins, Their Sources and Diseases Caused Due to Their Deficiencies

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Name of the vitamin

Main source

Disease caused due to
their deficiencies

Vitamin A

Milk, carrot, dark leafy greens, fish, dried apricots, etc.

Night blindness, dryn ess of skin (Dermatitis)

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

Cereals,
pulses, peas

Beriberi

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Liver, spinach, mushrooms, milk

Cracking of skin , reddish eye

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)

Fish, beef
liver, vegetables

Anaemia ,dermatitis

Niacin (Nicotinic acid)

Peas, tomato, eggs

Pellagra and glossitis

Folic Acid

Green
leafy vegetables, meat, egg, dried beans ,nuts

Megaloblast
and in pregnant birth defects

Pentothenic Acid

 meat, yeast , pork
,yogurt ,fish eggs

Premature graying of hair, burning feet syndrome

Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)

Milk,
liver, meat ,milk

Pernicious
anaemia

Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)

Lemons, oranges, fresh fruits and vegetables

Scurvy, sore mouth and gums bleeding

Vitamin D (Calciferol)

Dairy
products, sun rays, eggs, oily fish, milk

Many
diseases of the bones, rickets in children, osteomalacia

Vitamin E (Tocopherol)

Milk , soyabeans, egg yolk , butter

Interferes with reproduction and causes abortion and menstrual
irregularities

Vitamin K (phylloquinone)

Fish, peas
and green vegetables

Causes the
delayed clotting of blood

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