Question

Name.of the vitamins whose deficiencyindiets and scurvy

Answer 1

vitamin C whose deficiencyindiets and scurvy .

Answer 2

Answer:

The deficiency of vitamin that causes scurvy is Vitamin C.

Vitamin C is ascorbic acid whose deficiency in the diet might lead to gum disease, weakness, haemorrhages of skin, anaemia which are the characterization of the disease scurvy.

Vitamin C helps in collagen formation, and thus reduces the brittleness of tissue and also helps in providing immunity.

Ascorbic acid specific blood test is done which confirms scurvy.