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Social & Preventive Medicine Concept of health and disease a32258a5

Maize is pellagragenic due to excess content of

A
Lysine
B
Threonine
C
Leucine
D
Tryptophan
High-Yield Explanation
Amino acid imbalance caused by an excess of leucine is the cause of pellagra in maize (also jowar), eaters.Excess of leucine appears to interfere in the conversion of tryptophan to niacin.Park 23e pg: 619

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