Blood Coagulation is an essential process that
occurs in the human body. Coagulation or clotting is the
process in which blood forms lumps/clots to help prevent
excess loss of blood. Coagulation consists of three main
stages which are the injury phase, vascular spasm/platelet
formation, and coagulation. This process is first started by
an injury, which can vary from a paper cut to a knee
scrape. The vascular spasm/platelet formation is the
second stage, when the platelets come together around the
broken collagen to cause a chemical reaction. During the
final or coagulation phase, there are a cascade of reactions
that change the structure of blood from a colloid into a gel
that maintains blood hemostasis by preventing the loss of
blood. The reactions are triggered by certain chemicals,
some of which are found in natural products, which
increase the rate of blood coagulation. The purpose of this
analysis was to examine the ways through which the rate
of blood coagulation could be increased by using the
chemicals from plant products such as Vitamin K found
in kale and spinach and Potassium found in bananas,
experimented on blood samples under observed
conditions.
Keywords : Blood Coagulation; Vitamin K and Potassium, Spinach, Kale and Bananas