Fat-soluble vitamins can be stored in the body, typically in the liver and adipose tissue, as they are not readily excreted.
The fat-soluble vitamins are:
\( A, \, D, \, E, \, K, \, \text{and} \, B_{12} \)
Thus, the number of vitamins that can be stored in the body is: 5.
List I | Category | List II: Examples |
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A | Fatty acids | (iv) Oleate |
B | Prenol lipids | (ii) Farnesol |
C | Saccharolipids | (iii) Lipopolysaccharide |
D | Polyketides | (i) Tetracycline |
List I | Animal Plasma Membrane | List II: Type of Sterol |
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A | Human myelin sheath | (iii) Cholesterol |
B | Maize leaf | (iv) Stigmasterol |
C | Yeast | (ii) Ergosterol |
D | Paramecium | (i) Sitosterol |