Niacin deficiency cause
Correct Answer: Pellagra
Description: Niacin
This vitamin differs from the other vitamins of the B-complex group in that an essential amino acids tryptophan serves as its precursor.
Another characterstic of niacin is that it is not excreted in urine as such, but is metabolised to two major methylated derivatives.
N-methyl-nicotinamide
N-methyl pyridones
Niacin deficiency results in *Pellagra ’
Pellagra is identified by the presence of three 'D's → Diarrhea, Dementia, Dermatitis.
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