Question
Download Solution PDFName the vitamin whose deficiency causes excessive bleeding?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Vitamin K.
Key Points
- Vitamin
- Vitamin is an organic non-protein substance that is required by an organism for normal metabolic function but cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantity by that organism.
- These can be divided into two categories: fat-soluble and water-soluble.
- Fat-Soluble vitamins
- Unlike water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the body when they are not in use.
- Vitamins A, D, and E and K are fat-soluble.
- Water-soluble vitamins
- Any excess amounts of water-soluble vitamins simply pass through the body
- Vitamin B and Vitamin C are water-soluble.
Additional Information
|
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, and certain vegetables |
|
Vitamin B9 |
Folic acid, folinic acid |
Water |
Megaloblast and Deficiency during pregnancy are associated with birth defects, such as neural tube defects |
Leafy vegetables, pasta, bread, cereal, liver |
|
Vitamin B12 |
Cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin |
Water |
Megaloblastic anemia |
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; with 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, liver |
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