Vitamin K Flashcards
1
Q
Metabolism
A
Absorbed like other fat soluble vitamins
Liver storage
Deficiency: hemmorage–>ruminants, rats, mice, humans
2
Q
Deficiency
A
Prolonged blood clotting time Synthesized by guy microflora -absorbed by hind gut -hasn't normally been supplemented -chicks fed sulfa-coccidiostatic-->develop deficiency -coprophagy can prevent deficiency
3
Q
Dicoumarol
A
Vitamin k antagonist
Weather damaged sweet clover, hay, silage
Massive internal hemmorages and death
Anti clotting agent
4
Q
Warfarin
A
Money anti clotting agent in humans
Coumadin
5
Q
What is it
A
Family of compounds Varying biological activity 2 most important: plants and gut flora Required for blood clotting... Liver required for synthesis of prothrombin, total clotting mechanism
