Which of the following is another name for Vitamin K1?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Phylloquinone.
- Vitamin K (phylloquinone,) the only form of vitamin K found in plants, functions as an electron carrier in the photosynthetic membranes of the chloroplasts.
- Vitamin K is used to prevent bleeding in people with blood clotting problems.
- Vitamin K deficiency bleeding or VKDB, occurs when babies cannot stop bleeding because their blood does not have enough Vitamin K to form a clot.