Vitamin K is essential for the synthesis of several key proteins involved in the blood clotting cascade, including prothrombin (factor II), factor VII, factor IX, and factor X, which are produced in the liver.
The vitamin which is essential for blood clotting is
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2019 · Topic: Vitamins and Nutrition (Fat-soluble Vitamins (A, D, E, K): Chemical names, sources, functions, deficiency diseases, toxicity)
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