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प्रश्न
Why Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body ?
उत्तर १
Vitamin C is water soluble and is readily excreted in urine. Hence, it cannot be stored in our body.
उत्तर २
Vitamin C is water-soluble in nature. It cannot be stored in the human body as it repeatedly gets eliminated through urine.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which of the following vitamins is water soluble?
- A
- D
- E
- B
Vitamin ‘C’ belongs to the class of—
(a) Vitamins of aliphatic series
(b) Vitamins of aromatic series
(c) Vitamins of alicyclic series
(d) Vitamins of heterocyclic series
How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Give their important sources.
What are the sources of Vitamin C and Vitamin K?
Define the following term:
Vitamins
The vitamins absorbed from intestine along with fats are ____________.
Why must vitamin C be supplied regularly in diet?
Match the vitamins given in Column I with the deficiency disease they cause given in Column II.
| Column I (Vitamins) | Column II (Diseases) |
| (i) Vitamin A | (a) Pernicious anaemia |
| (ii) Vitamin B1 | (b) Increased blood clotting time |
| (iii) Vitamin B12 | (c) Xerophthalmia |
| (iv) Vitamin C | (d) Rickets |
| (v) Vitamin D | (e) Muscular weakness |
| (vi) Vitamin E | (f) Night blindness |
| (vii) Vitamin K | (g) Beri Beri |
| (h) Bleeding gums | |
| (i) Osteomalacia |
The RBC deficiency is a deficiency disease of ______.
Give a reason for the following observations:
Water soluble vitamins must be taken regularly in the diet.
Assertion (A): Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body.
Reason (R): Vitamin C is fat soluble and is excreted from the body in urine.
The vitamins which can be stored in our body are ______.
