Why does defiency of Vitamin A cause night blindnes ?

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Vitamins work as various cofactors for the enzymes of our body. On basis of their solubility and other physicochemical properties, these can be classified as fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins. Fat soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. Water soluble vitamins are B complex (having vitamin-B1, B2, B3, B4, etc), C and P, etc.

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