Golden Rice contains a high amount of ________

🔑Key Points:
Golden Rice is intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a shortage of dietary Vitamin A.
It was claimed to be able to fight vitamin A deficiency, which is the leading cause of blindness among children and can also lead to death due to diseases like measles.
It is developed through genetic engineering and produces two new enzymes that complete the beta-carotene expression in the rice grain.
Golden rice is a genetically modified biofortified crop.
It is genetically modified in order to produce beta carotene, which is not normally produced in rice.
Beta carotene is converted into Vitamin A when metabolized by the human body.
Biofortification is the idea of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value.
This can be done either through conventional selective breeding or through genetic engineering.​
Vitamin A is also known as Retinol.

🔴Additional Information:
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is good for healthy vision, skin, bones, and other tissues in the body.
Sources of Vitamin A-
Milk, Meat, Cheese, Liver, Halibut fish oil, cream, and kidneys.
Vitamin B is a water-soluble vitamin
The deficiency of Vitamin B leads to Beri Beri.
Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid.
It is a water-soluble vitamin.
Vitamin C deficiency leads to Scurvy disease.
​Vitamin D is also known as Cholecalciferol.
It is a fat-soluble vitamin.
The deficiency of Vitamin D leads to Rickets and osteomalacia.