it will help you to know basic about vitamin E and vitamin K.

1. Vitamin k
• Introduction
• Types
• Functions
• Sources
• RDA(recommended dietary allowance)
• Deficiency
• excess

2. Vitamin k
• Vitamin k was discovered by Danish scientist
Henrik Dam.
• The name k comes from the Danish word
koagulation vitamin (clotting factor).
• It is fat soluble vitamin.

3. Available Forms
There are 3 forms of vitamin K:
• Vitamin K1 or phylloquinone-green leafy
vegetable
• Vitamin K2 or menaquinone-produced by
bacteria in fermented food
• Vitamin K3 or menadione- found in synthetic
form.

4. Functions of vitamin k
• vitamin that is most well known for the
important role in blood clotting.
• However vitamin k is also absolutely essential
to building strong bones, preventing heart
disease.

5. sources
• Green leafy vegetables
• Turnip,kale,mustard green,
• Broccoli,cauliflower and cabbage
• fish,liver,meat,eggs etc

6. Recommended dietary allowance
(RDA)
1)Infants
0-6 months– 2.0 mg/day
7-12 months– 2.5 mg/day
2) Children
1-3 years—30 mg/day
4-8 years– 55 mg/day
9-13 years– 60 mg/day

7. ……RDA
3) Adults
Male and female age-14-18– 75 mg/day
Male and female age 19+ -- 90 mg/day

8. Deficiency of vita k
• Low level of vita k can raised uncontrolled
bleeding
• Where vita k deficiencies are very rare in
adults and they are very common in new born
and infants

9. Excess of vita k
• There is no definite amount of vitamin k that
is considered as excessive.

10. Vitamin E
• Introduction
• Function
• Sources
• RDA
• Deficiency
• Excess

11. Vitamin E(tocopherol)
• Vitamin E is fat soluble vitamin that act as a
antioxident.
• It is superhero, capable of donating electron
to the villainious free radicle.

12. Functions
Used in treating and preventing disease of heart
and blood vessels including:
1)Hardening of the arteries
2)Heart attack
3)Chest pain
4)Chest pain due to blocked arteries
5)High blood pressure

13. Sources
1)Vegetable oil
2)Cereals
3)Meat
4)Poultry
5)Eggs
6)Vegetables
7)Wheat germs oil
8)Also available as suppliment. etc

14. RDA
stages Age Mg/day IU/day
children 1-3 6 9
children 4-8 7 10.4
children 9-13 11 16.4
Adults 14+++ 19 22.4

15. ….RDA
• In case of breast feeding women- 19mg/day
or 28.4 IU

16. Deficiency
• Less vitamin E intake results:
1) Poor transmission of nerve impulses.
2) Muscular weakness.
3) Degeneration of retina leads to blindness.
4) Dry hair or loss of hair
5)Slow tissue healing
6)Leg cramps

17. Excess
• High doses (400 IU/day and more) for long period
of time can cause
- Nausea
- Diarrhoea
- Stomach cramp
- Tiredness
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
- Headache

18. THANK YOU 
By Rajib Devkota