Is Vitamin K an Anticoagulant? The Science of Clotting Explained
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Vitamin K is essential for making the proteins required for blood clotting; it is a procoagulant, the opposite of an anticoagulant [1.3.2, 1.2.1]. The question 'Is vitamin K an anticoagulant?' stems from its complex relationship with blood-thinning medications.