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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Biochemical role of vitamin ‘K’

Compound having vitamin k activity are naphthoquinone, chemically it is a phytomenadione. The two naturally occurring vitamin k are vitamin K1 and vitamin K2.
Biochemical function-
1) It reduces the prothrombin time.It is associated with the electron-transport chain and oxidation phosphorylation

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