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    Vitamins are essential organic compounds needed in small amounts for growth and physiological processes. A deficiency of various vitamins can lead to different diseases - a vitamin A deficiency can cause xerophthalmia and keratomalacia, a vitamin B1 deficiency results in beriberi, and a vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy with bleeding gums and loosening teeth. Each vitamin deficiency is associated with specific symptoms, such as a vitamin B2 deficiency resulting in photophobia, cheilosis, and seborrheic dermatitis.

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    Vitamins are essential organic compounds needed in small amounts for growth and physiological processes. A deficiency of various vitamins can lead to different diseases - a vitamin A deficiency can cause xerophthalmia and keratomalacia, a vitamin B1 deficiency results in beriberi, and a vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy with bleeding gums and loosening teeth. Each vitamin deficiency is associated with specific symptoms, such as a vitamin B2 deficiency resulting in photophobia, cheilosis, and seborrheic dermatitis.

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    Vitamins deficiency of disease

    M.Venkatesh
    I M Sc Botany
    Vitamins
    Vitamins are complex organic compounds,
    whose presence in trace amount in the food is
    essential for growth and other physiological
    activities. Vitamins do not have any energy value.
    However they are essential for controlling energy
    yielding processes.

    Types of vitamins :
    A, B, C, D, E, & K.
    Deficiency of vitamin A
    • Xerosis
    • Xeropthalmia
    • Keratomalacia
    • Bitot’s spot
    • Nyctalopia
    • Diarrhoea
    • Kidney stone
    • Reduction in tear secretion
    Deficiency of vitamin B1
    • Beriberi
    • Cardiac failure
    • Loss of appetite
    • Fatigue
    • Irritability
    Deficiency of vitamin B2
    • Photophobia
    • Cheilosis
    • Seborrhic dermatitis
    • Poor growth
    • Gastro-intestinal symptoms
    • Loss of appetite
    • Sore tongue
    Deficiency of vitamin B3
    • Diarrhea
    • Dermatitis
    • Pellagra-dementia
    • The tongue becomes smooth, red and
    painful.
    Deficiency of vitamin B6
    • Dermatitis
    • Fissures appear
    • Microcytic anemia
    • Convulsions
    • Irritability
    Deficiency of vitamin B12-Cobalamin
    • pernicious anaemia
    • Typical sore tongue
    • neurological problems
    • Reduced growth
    Deficiency of vitamin C
    • scurvy
    • bleeding gums loosening
    • falling out of teeth
    • In the absence of this vitamin the collagen
    and connective tissue proteins are not
    synthesised properly.
    Deficiency of vitamin D-Calciferol
    • Rickets
    • Osteomalacia
    • Disturbs in calcium &
    – Phosphorus adsorption
    Deficiency of vitamin E-Tocopherol
    • Premature
    • Rare in human
    • Sterility in experimental animals
    • Heart disorders
    Deficiency of vitamin K-
    phylloquinone
    • Defect in blood coagulation
    • Haemorrhagic manifestations.
    • Lack of prothrombin
    Thank you all

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