KROK 1 2014 – Question 177 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient complains of photoreception disorder and frequent acute viral diseases. He has been prescribed a vitamin that affects photoreception processes by producing rhodopsin, the photosensitive pigment. What vitamin is it?
- A. Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- B. Thiamine
- C. Retinol acetate
- D. Tocopherol acetate
- E. Cyanocobalamin
Hint
Consider the biochemical cycle of the visual pigment in rod cells and which vitamin's derivative takes part in it.
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