Which is the vitamin deficiency disorder, in people who take the given cereals as their staple diet?: (A) Scurvy, (B) Beriberi, (C) Pellagra, (D) Pyridoxine deficiency
Answer is C. Ans. C. PellagraPicture given are of maize and Jowar* Maize-Niacin present in unavailable form Niacytin* Sorghum vulgare (Jowar)-High Leucine content inhibit QPRTase, rate limiting enzyme in Niacin synthesis.