Deficiency of nicotinic acid results in____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which is caused by acetylcholine through nicotinic receptors_____________?

   A. Contraction of skeletal muscle
   B. Decrease of heart rate
   C. Secretion of saliva
   D. Contraction of pupils

2. All are genetic amino acid deficiency disease except___________?

   A. Phenyl ketonuria
   B. Alkaptonuria
   C. Homocystinuria
   D. 6alactosemia

3. Folic acid deficiency occurs in______________?

   A. Aspirin
   B. Phenytoin
   C. Chloromphenicol
   D. Cyclosporine

4. Which acid is formed in the citric acid cycle ?

   A. Oxaloacetic acid
   B. Glutamic acid
   C. Nitric acid
   D. None of the above

5. The maximum content of vitamin E is found in____________?

   A. Cold liver oil
   B. Fish liver oil
   C. Wheat germ oil
   D. Liver

6. Vitamin C is present in largest amount in the body in____________?

   A. Eye
   B. Kidneys
   C. Testes
   D. Adrenal cortex

7. Glycine is present in____________?

   A. Hemoglobin
   B. Glutathione
   C. Purines
   D. Creatine
   E. All of the above

8. Rhodopsin deficiency is chiefly associated with________________?

   A. Vitamin D deficiency
   B. Rickets
   C. Vitamin A deficiency
   D. Scurvy

9. The 3 – D’s dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia are seen in deficiency of____________?

   A. Thiamin
   B. Riboflavin
   C. Niacin
   D. Pyridoxine

10. Thiamine deficiency causes decreased energy production because____________?

    A. It is required for the process of transmination
    B. It is co-factor in oxidative reduction
    C. It is co-enzyme for transketolase in pentose phosphate pathway
    D. It is co-enzyme for pyruvate dehydrogenase