Is vitamin K and....?!
Question: potassium the same thing?
I keep thinking it is, and people tell me they're NOT the same thing.
lol... so... am I wrong?
=)
Answers: potassium the same thing?
I keep thinking it is, and people tell me they're NOT the same thing.
lol... so... am I wrong?
=)
No...they are not the same thing. Not even close. The abbreviation for potassium is "K" that's why they are confused.
Vitamin K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German and Danish) denotes a group of lipophilic, hydrophobic vitamins that are needed for the posttranslational modification of certain proteins, mostly required for blood coagulation. Chemically they are 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives.
Potassium (pronounced /p??t?si?m/) is a chemical element. It has the symbol K (Arabic: al qalja?