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  1. The vitamin that helps in blood clotting is
    1. Vitamin C
    2. Vitamin D
    3. Vitamin E
    4. Vitamin K
Correct Option: D

Vitamin K is a necessary participant in synthesis of several proteins that mediate both coagulation and anticoagulation. Vitamin K deficiency is manifest as a tendency to bleed excessively. Vitamin K is found in a number of foods, including leafy greens, cauliflower and, liver. However, the chief source of vitamin K is synthesis by bacteria in the large intestine, and in most cases, absence of dietary vitamin K is not at all deleterious. Vitamin K is a fatsoluble vitamin and both dietary and microbial vitamin K are absorbed into intestinal lymph along with other lipids.



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