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• Vit D

  • Hormone precursor
  • Deficiency
    • abnormal calcium and phosphorus metabolism
    • defective bone formation (rickets)

• Vit E

  • protects cell membranes against oxygen
  • tocopherol
  • deficiency
    • scaly skin
    • muscular weakness
    • sterility

• Vit K

  • Blood clotting mechanism (needed for prothrombin)
  • Calcium binding proteins

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