Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
Answer the following questions: (i) Wh...

Answer the following questions:
(i) Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential for us?
(ii) What is the difference between a nucleoside and a nucleotide?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

(i)Vitamin A is required for growth and vision in human beings and increase resistance to disease
Vitamin C: It increases the resistacne of body to wards disease maintain healthg skin and heps cuts and abrasions to heal properly
(ii) A nucleoside consists of a netirogenouss base covalently attached to a sugar (ribose or deoxyrobose) but without the phosphate group. A mucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base a sugar (ribose or deoxuyribose) and one to three phosphate groups
Nucleoside = sugar + Base
Nucleotide =Sugar +Base +Phosphate
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • XII BOARDS

    XII BOARD PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ENGLISH|Exercise DELHI BOARD SET II|8 Videos
  • XII BOARDS

    XII BOARD PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ENGLISH|Exercise Set -I|35 Videos
  • XII BOARDS

    XII BOARD PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ENGLISH|Exercise CHEMISTRY (THEORY)|31 Videos
  • SAMPLE PAPER 2019

    XII BOARD PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ENGLISH|Exercise SECTION: D|1 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential for us? Give their important sources.

(i) Write the name of two monosaccharides obtained on hydrolysis of lactose sugar. (iii) Why Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body? (iii) What is the difference between a nucleoside and nucleotide?

Answer the following questions : Why are alkalis used in space shuttles .

Answer the following questions : Why is soil tested for pH ?

Vitamin C is useful in

Answer the following questions : What is the difference between aqueous and alcoholic KOH ?

Answer the following questions : (i) Why do soaps not work in hard water? (ii) What are the main constituents of dettol? (iii) How do antiseptics differ from disinfectants?

What are essential differences between annuals, biennials and perennials?

Answer the following questions : (i) Why should medicines not be taken without consulting a doctor ? (ii) What is meant by 'broad spectrum antibiotics' ? (iii) What are the main constituents of Dettol ?

Answer the following questions : (a) Why are copper and aluminium used to make electric wires ? (b) What do you understand by the statement : 'metals are ductile and malleable' ?

XII BOARD PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER ENGLISH-XII BOARDS-C.B.S.E CLASS XII
  1. How would you account for the following? The oxidising power of the...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. How are the following conversions carried out? (i)Propene to propan-...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Answer the following questions: (i) Why are vitamin A and vitamin C ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The density of copper is 8.95 g cm^(-3) .It has a face centred cubic s...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Some ethylene glycol HOCH(2)CH(2)OH is added to your car cooling syste...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Hydrogen peroxide H(2)O(2) (aq) decomposes to H(2)O(l) and O(2)(g) in ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Define the following terms? (i) Peptization (ii) Reversible Sol

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Write down the IUPAC name for each of the following complex : K(3)[F...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Draw the structure of optical isomers of each of the following complex...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Which compound in the following pairs will react faster in SN^(2) reac...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Write the product of the following reaction : (i) CH(3)-Cl+KCNrarr? ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Account for the following : Aniline does not give friedel crafts rea...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. write the names of the monomers of the following polymers: (i) Polyt...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Explain the following terms with a suitable example for each: (i) Di...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. (a) Define the terms conductivity and molar conductivity for the solut...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. (a) Predict the products of electrolysis in each of the following : ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Estimate the minimum potential difference needed to reduce AI(2)O(3) ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Complete the following chemical equation : (i) P(4)+NaOH+H(2)Orarr ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. (b) How would you strength account for the following situations? (i)...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. using VSEPR theory predict the probable structure of the following : ...

    Text Solution

    |