Know Your Vitamin K

Consumers should know that the vitamin K related to the group of lipophilic, hydrophobic vitamins which is required for posttranslational modification in specific proteins for blood coagulation. Several forms of vitamin k are there in the body such as Vitamin K1 known as phylloquinone or can say phytomenadione. Also vitamin K2 known as menatetrenone which is produced from bacteria in the Large Intestine of the body. Consumers will not come across dietary deficiency unless the intestines are disturbed due to decreased production of normal flora in the body. Consumers will find three synthetic forms of vitamin K such as vitamins K3, K4, and K5, getting used in various areas such as the pet food industry and for inhibiting fungal growth .

Many members of the vitamin K group shares a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure such as differs in the aliphatic side chain attached with the 3-position . Phylloquinone also known as vitamin K1 containing four isoprenoid residues in the side chain showing one of them as unsaturated. Enaquinones contains side chains consists of unsaturated isoprenoid residues known as MK-n and n refering to the number of isoprenoids. Vitamin K also present in the carboxylation of certain glutamate residues in proteins for the production of gamma-carboxyglutamate residues . Many vitamin k residues are situated in the protein domains known as Gla domains. Gla-residues are used mostly for binding calcium in the body. Vitamin k helps in the regulation of three physiological processes such as blood coagulation, bone metabolism, and osteocalcin , matrix gla protein , and vascular biology etc.

Consumers can come across allergic reaction in many cases but there is as of now no reports of toxicity associated with large dosages of the phylloquinone in the body. Consumers should know that one form of vitamin k is vitamin k 3 containing the symptoms of toxicity in many cases. Consumers should know that the food and drug association has banned the consumption of vitamin k as its over dosages has shown allergic reactions, hemolytic anemia, and cytotoxicity in cells of liver of thebody . Many symptoms are also called as secondary vitamin K Groups that might lead to secondary vitamin K deficiency such as bulimics, stringent diets, and others who consumes anticoagulants. Different drugs which are associated with vitamin K deficiency such as salicylates, barbiturates, and cefamandole . Consumers should know about the vitamin k symptoms deficiencies such as heavy menstrual bleeding in women, anemia, bruising, and bleeding of the gums and nose are shown.