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Certain organic compounds are required in small amount in our diet but their deficiency causes diseases. The compounds are called:


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Proteins

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Carbohydrates

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Amino acid

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Vitamins

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Solution

The correct option is D

Vitamins


Certain organic compounds are required in small amount but their deficiency causes diseases. The compounds are called Vitamins. Most of the vitamins cannot be synthesised in our body but plants can synthesise almost all of them, so they are considered as essential food factors.


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