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  • ?-carotene together with ?-carotene, ?-carotene and cryptoxanthine are synthesized by


  • Options
  • A. plants
  • B. animal
  • C. plants and animals both
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • plants 


  • Vitamins and Coenzymes problems


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    • 1. Vitamins are essential because the organism

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    • A. can't synthesize these compounds at all
    • B. can synthesize these compounds partially
    • C. can't synthesize these compounds in the adequate amounts
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The vitamin niacin is part of the __________ molecule.

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    • A. ferredoxin
    • B. pyridoxal phosphate
    • C. pyrophosphate
    • D. NAD+
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of these hormones is a catecholamine?

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    • A. Follitropin
    • B. Norepinephrine
    • C. Tetraiodothyronine
    • D. Tetrahydrofolate
    • Discuss
    • 4. The symptoms of retinol excess are

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    • A. bone fragility
    • B. nausea
    • C. weakness
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Nitrate reduction can be carried out by

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    • A. only microorganism
    • B. plant and microorganism
    • C. only plants
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Selenium is an essential component of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase which

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    • A. scavenges toxic hydoperoxycompounds in tissues
    • B. reduces toxic hydoperoxycompounds in tissues
    • C. oxidizes toxic hydoperoxycompounds in tissues
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. In the co-enzyme B12the position occupied by a cyanide ion in vitamin B12 is bonded directly to the __________ of the ribose of adenosine.

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    • A. adenine
    • B. 5-6 dimethylbenzimidazole
    • C. hydroxycobalamin
    • D. cyanocobalamin
    • Discuss
    • 8. Acyl carrier protein (ACP) plays an important role in the biosynthesis of

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    • A. fatty acids
    • B. amino acids
    • C. sugars
    • D. carbohydrates
    • Discuss
    • 9. E.coli ACP has its molecular weight as around

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    • A. 9000
    • B. 19000
    • C. 39000
    • D. 90,000
    • Discuss
    • 10. Vitamin-D deficiency can cause

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    • A. rickets
    • B. pernicious anemia
    • C. cataract
    • D. beri-beri
    • Discuss


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