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Define and classify vitamins. Name the disease caused due to lack of any three of them . |
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Answer» Solution :The organic compounds which are in addition to normal NUTRIENTS for regulating some of the body processes to maintain health and growth are called vitamins . They are essential dietary FACTORS required by an organism in minute quantities and their absence causes specific deficiency DISEASES. Classification of vitamins : Vitamins are generally classified on the basis of their solubility in the following types : 1. Water soluble vitamins . It includes vitamin B (complex of a group of several vitamins `B_1 , B_2 , B_6 , B_(12) `) and vitamin C. 2. Fat soluble vitmains. These are oily substances not readily soluble in water. The group includes vitamin A, D,E and K. 
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