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What are vitamins ? Which vitamin deficiency causes night blindness aud scurvy?

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Vitamins : The group of organic substances which are required in small scale for healthy is called vitamins. These are not produced inside the body. They are taken from our diet Jnly fat soluble vitamins -A, D, E and Kare stored in the body. Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of vitamin A and scurvy is casued by the deficiency ofvitan1in C.
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