BHU PMT BHU PMT (Screening) Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Vitamin-D is synthesized in skin by the action of sunlight on :

    A)  cholesterol

    B)  7-hydroxy cholesterol

    C)  cephalin cholesterol

    D)  all of the above

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Vitamin-D is a steroid which is synthesized from cholesterol. Vitamin-D2 is formed from plant sterol, ergosterol which occurs in yeast and other fungi in the presence of ultraviolet light. Vitamin-D3 formed from animal sterol, 7-dehydroxy cholesterol, which occurs in animal skin. Its synthesis also needs ultraviolet light.


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