Question
The vitamin which is essential for blood clotting is
vitamin-A
vitamin-B
vitamin-C
vitamin-K
Solution
D.
vitamin-K
Vitamin-K is essential for clotting of blood. It is necessary for the synthesis of various blood clotting factors like prothrombin (II), proconvertin (VII) stuart power factor (X) times Christmas factor. It is obtained from cabbage, spinach and other green leafy vegetables.
Vitamin- A is necessary for synthesis of rhodopsin of rod cells and iodopsin of cone cells of the retina of eye.
Vitamin- D helps in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus.
Vitamin- B serves as a coenzyme in the conversion of pyruvate into acetyl Co- A and - ketoglutarate.
