Q. 35.0( 3 Votes )
Vitamin D is called ______ vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body from the rays of the sun.
Answer :
Vitamin D is called Sunshine vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body from the rays of the sun.
Since the human body can synthesize Vitamin D as sun rays fall on the human body. This vitamin is known as Sunshine vitamin. It does so by converting dehydro cholesterol into vitamin D as sun rays fall on the body.
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