Vitamin K (phytomenadione): Updated - Sources, Storage, Functions and Deficiency manifestations

📌 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:- https://www.instagram.com/drgbhanuprakash 📌𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲:- https://t.me/bhanuprakashdr 📌𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁:- https://linktr.ee/DrGBhanuprakash Vitamin K (phytomenadione) --------------------------------------------- Characteristics Synonyms Vitamin K1 (phytomenadione, phytonadione, or phylloquinone) Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) Active form: vitamin K hydroquinone; activation occurs via enzyme epoxide reductase Sources ------------- Leafy green vegetables (vitamin K1) Eggs, dairy, and meat (vitamin K2) Synthesized in small amounts by intestinal flora Storage: liver Functions ----------------- Cofactor for γ-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues in vitamin-K-dependent proteins that are involved in Coagulation: factors II (prothrombin), VII, IX, and X, proteins C and S Bone formation: osteocalcin (bone Gla protein), matrix Gla protein #vitamink #vitaminkvideo #vitaminkusmle #vitaminksources #vitaminkdeficiency #vitaminkmetabolism #vitaminkbiochemistry #vitaminkbiology

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