ANN-0017
QUESTION
Vitamin which helps in the absorption of iron is?
OPTIONS
(A) Vitamin B1
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Folic acid
(D) Nicotinic acid
ANSWER
(B) Vitamin C
EXPLANATION
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, enhances intestinal absorption of non-heme iron by reducing ferric iron to the more readily absorbed ferrous form. Vitamins B1, folic acid and nicotinic acid do not have this principal role in iron absorption.
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