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Match the vitamins with their deficiency diseases

  1. Vitamin B2 A. Low and scurvy healing of wounds
  2. Vitamin A B. Pernicious anaemia
  3. Vitamin C C. abrasion at corners of lips, tongue and mouth
  4. Vitamin D D. night blindness
  5. Vitamin B12 E. Rickets

  1. 1 - C, 2 - D, 3 - A, 4 - E, 5 - B

  2. 1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - A, 4 - E, 5 - C

  3. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - D, 4 - E, 5 - B

  4. 1 - D, 2 - C, 3 - A, 4 - E, 5 - B

  5. 1 - C, 2 - D, 3 - E, 4 - A, 5 - B
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Explanation

Vitamin B2 acts as the coenzyme in reactions where oxidation and reduction take place. Its deficiency causes abrasion at corners of lips, tongue and mouth. Vitamin A occurs in the retina of vertebrates in the form of visual pigments. Its deficiency causes night blindness. Vitamin C is an antioxidant and its deficiency causes low and scurvy healing of wounds. Vitamin D maintains balance of calcium and its deficiency causes rickets due to improper mineralization of bones. Vitamin B12 acts as the coenzyme in metabolism of folic acid and its deficiency causes pernicious anaemia.

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