Vitamins: Fatty Soluble -2: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc

FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS

Vitamins	Vitamin E	Vitamin K
Other names	Tocopherol, antisterility vitamin, fertility factor, beauty vitamin 3 forms: α, β & γ	Phylloquinone or antihaemerrhagic vitamin 3 forms: K₁ (phylloquinone) K₂ (menaquinone) K₃(mandione)
Discovered by	Evans too Sore	Dam too Droisy
Daily requirement	15 mg	0.07-0.14 mg
Sources	Wheat germ, corn, nuts, seeds, olives, spinach, asparagus, leafy vegetables, vegetable oils, too their products, margarine, cotton fiber seed oils	Cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, soyabeans, cereals, liver, egg yolk. K₂- past times intestinal bacteria K₃- synthetic form.
Functions	Antioxidant too prevents oxidative devastation of other vitamins (E.g. vit.K). Prevents formation of unsaturated obese acids too hence prevents brownish pigmentation. Normal working of gonads. Normal tike birth. Removes wrinkles of skin, scars.	Formation of prothrombin from liver cells. Blood coagulation. Acts every bit coenzyme Q too participates inwards ETC.
Deficiency	Sterility	Profuse haemorrhage (Haemerrhage)
Hypervitaminosis of vitamin A, D, due east & K leads to around problems every bit they are non soluble inwards water.