BHU PMT BHU PMT (Mains) Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    The vitamin which is essential for blood clotting is

    A)  vitamin-A                          

    B)  vitamin-B

    C)  vitamin-C                           

    D)  vitamin-K

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Vitamin-K, is essential for clotting of blood. It is necessary for the synthesis of various blood clotting  factors  like  prothrombin   (\[\text{II}\]), proconvertin (\[\text{VII}\]) stuart power factor (\[\text{X}\]) time Christmas factor. It is obtained from cabbage, spinach and other green leafy vegetables. Vitamin-A is necessary for synthesis of rhodopsin of rod ceils and iodopsin of cone cells of the retina of eye. Vitamin-D promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus by the intestine. It maintains the normal functioning of parathormone. Vitamin-B (b1)server as a coenzyme in the conversion of pyruvate into acetyl Co-A and \[\text{ }\!\!\alpha\!\!\text{ -}\]ketoglutarate.


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