VITAMIN K
Facts
- Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin.
- Vitamin K is required for normal coagulation of the blood and is therefore known as an anti-hemorrhagic vitamin. Vitamin K is necessary for the synthesis of four of the thirteen cofactors required for blood coagulation. Also, Vitamin K is necessary ...
VITAMIN H (BIOTIN)
Function of vitamins:
Biotin that is vitamin H, also called coenzyme R, takes part in synthesis of amino acids, sugars, proteins and fatty acids, supports thyroid gland functions, takes part in transformation of carbon dioxide, influences proper skin and hair functioning, participates with vitamin K in synthesis of prothrombine ...
VITAMIN E
Facts
- Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant.
- The vitamin E family consists of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols, each designated as alpha, beta, gamma, or delta based upon slight differences in chemical structures.
- Alpha-tocopherol is the only form of vitamin E that is actively maintained in ...
VITAMIN D
Facts
- Vitamin D consists of a group of similar molecules called vitamers, which are involved in calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism.
- In the human body, vitamin D is made via a photochemical reaction of cholecalciferol in the skin. Ultraviolet light converts cholecalciferol to vitamin D. Cholecalciferol is ...
VITAMIN C
Facts
- Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant.
- Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, has a biological role as a reducing agent in hydroxylation reactions in the body.
- Vitamin C aids in absorption of non-heme iron by reducing it to the ferrous state in the stomach.
VITAMIN B 12
Facts
- Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. The term vitamin B12 includes the free vitamin (cyanocobalamin) and two coenzymes methylcobalamin and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin.
- Vitamin B12 is released from dietary proteins by pepsin and HCl in the stomach. It is bound by R-protein and then the complex travels to ...
VITAMIN B 6
Facts
- Vitamin B6 is the term for three related compounds, pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine and their phosphorylated derivatives which are pyridoxine 5'-phosphate, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate. Vitamin B6 technically refers to all six of these vitamers, although vitamin B6 is used interchangeably with pyridoxine.
- Pyridoxine, pyridoxine ...
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