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Option 4 : Vitamin K
Concept:
- Vitamin K deficiency in our body leads to delayed clotting of blood.
- It plays a key role in helping the blood clot and preventing excessive bleeding.
- Unlike many other vitamins, vitamin K is not typically used as a dietary supplement.
- Vitamin K is actually a group of compounds.
- The most important of these compounds appears to be vitamin K1 and vitamin K2. Vitamin K1 is obtained from leafy greens and some other vegetables.
- Vitamin K2 is a group of compounds largely obtained from meats, cheeses, and eggs, and synthesized by bacteria.
- Low levels of vitamin K can raise the risk of uncontrolled bleeding.
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Vitamin |
Vitamers |
Solubility |
Diseases |
Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Vitamin A |
Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids |
Fat |
Night-blindness, Hyperkeratosis, and Keratomalacia |
Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver |
|
Vitamin B1 |
Thiamine |
Water |
Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome |
Pork, oatmeal, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs |
|
Vitamin B2 |
Riboflavin |
Water |
Ariboflavinosis |
Dairy products, bananas, popcorn, green beans, asparagus |
|
Vitamin B3 |
Niacin, niacinamide |
Water |
Pellagra |
Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts |
|
Vitamin B5 |
Pantothenic acid |
Water |
Paresthesia |
Meat, broccoli, avocados |
|
Vitamin B6 |
Pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal |
Water |
Anaemia peripheral neuropathy. |
Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, bananas |
|
Vitamin B7 |
Biotin |
Water |
Dermatitis, enteritis |
Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, certain vegetables |
|
Vitamin B9 |
Folic acid, folinic acid |
Water |
Megaloblast and deficiency during pregnancy are associated with birth defects, such as neural defects. |
Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver |
|
Vitamin B12 |
Cyanocobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, methylcobalamin |
Water |
Megaloblastic anaemia |
Meat and other animal products |
|
Vitamin C |
Ascorbic acid |
Water |
Scurvy |
Many fruits and vegetables, liver |
|
Vitamin D |
Cholecalciferol |
Fat |
Rickets and Osteomalacia |
Fish, eggs, liver, mushrooms |
|
Vitamin E |
Tocopherols, tocotrienols |
Fat |
Deficiency is very rare; mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants. |
Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds |
|
Vitamin K |
phylloquinone, menaquinones |
Fat |
Bleeding diathesis |
Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, egg yolks, |