Assertion: Vitamins B2 is found in cereals, green vegetables, brewer's yeast, egg white, milk and liver.
Reason: It can be commercially produced by some yeasts.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Explanation:
Besides cereals, green vegetables, brewer's yeast, egg white, vitamin B2 is also produced by intestinal bacteria. The vitamin was first obtained in 1938 using wild strain of mould Ashbhya gossypii. Vitamin B2 is essential for normal growth and reproduction in a number of laboratory animals.