KROK 1 2007 – Question 33 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A woman who has been keeping to a clean-rice diet for a long time was diagnosed with polyneuritis (beriberi). What vitamin deficit results in development of this disease?
- A. Thiamine
- B. Folic acid
- C. Pyridoxine
- D. Riboflavin
- E. Ascorbic acid
Hint
Consider the coenzyme required for oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate, and which vitamin is stripped away together with the husk when rice is polished.
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