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Q. The vitamin which is essential for blood clotting is

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Vitamin-K, is essential for clotting of blood. It is necessary for the synthesis of various blood clotting factors like prothrombin ( $ \text{II} $ ), proconvertin ( $ \text{VII} $ ) stuart power factor ( $ \text{X} $ ) time Christmas factor. It is obtained from cabbage, spinach and other green leafy vegetables. Vitamin-A is necessary for synthesis of rhodopsin of rod ceils and iodopsin of cone cells of the retina of eye. Vitamin-D promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus by the intestine. It maintains the normal functioning of parathormone. Vitamin-B (b1)server as a coenzyme in the conversion of pyruvate into acetyl Co-A and $ \text{ }\!\!\alpha\!\!\text{ -} $ ketoglutarate.