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Vitamin K and women's health: a review [PDF]
Frontiers in Global Women's HealthVitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin essential in various physiological functions such as blood coagulation, bone metabolism, cardiovascular health, glucose regulation, immune function, neuroprotection, and vascular health.
Sharifa AlBlooshi
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Production of Vitamin K by Wild-Type and Engineered Microorganisms
Microorganisms, 2022 Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that mainly exists as phylloquinone or menaquinone in nature. Vitamin K plays an important role in blood clotting and bone health in humans.
Min-Ji Kang +4 more
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MINI-OVERVIEW OF VITAMIN K [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020 Generally, Vitamins are a number of chemically unrelated families of organic substances thatcannot be synthesized by humans but need to be ingested in the diet in small quantities to preventdisorders of metabolism. They are divided into water-soluble and
YASSER SHAFIK, TOSSON A. MORSY
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THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF ORAL VERSUS INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN K IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS [PDF]
Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut University, 2022 Objective: Patients with liver cirrhosis have different complications including bleeding disorders, due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors deficiency.
Tarek Mohameed +3 more
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Vitamin K and Osteoporosis [PDF]
Nutrients, 2020 Vitamin K acts as a coenzyme of carboxylase, catalyzing the carboxylation of several vitamin K dependent proteins. Beyond its well-known effects on blood coagulation, it also exerts relevant effects on bone and the vascular system. In this review, we point out the relevance of an adequate vitamin K intake to obtain sufficient levels of carboxylated ...
Fusaro, Maria +16 more
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EDIS, 2006 Revised! FCS-8666, a 2-page fact sheet by R. Elaine Turner, has been updated with new graphics and revised figures for the amount of vitamin K in common foods. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2006.
R. Elaine Turner
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EDIS, 2010 Revised! FCS8666, a 3-page fact sheet by R. Elaine Turner and Wendy J. Dahl, answers common questions about this vitamin found mostly in green vegetables that is needed to make proteins for normal blood clotting. Includes references.
R. Elaine Turner, Wendy J. Dahl
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 The vitamin K antagonist is a commonly prescribed effective oral anticoagulant with a narrow therapeutic range, and the dose requirements for different patients varied greatly.
Han Yan +31 more
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International Journal of Public Health, 2022 Objective: Cervical cancer is a serious potential risk to women’s health, and is closely related to persistent HPV infection. Vitamin K mainly existed in green vegetables, fruit, and dairy products.
Yinhui Jiang +8 more
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Purified vitamin K epoxide reductase alone is sufficient for conversion of vitamin K epoxide to vitamin K and vitamin K to vitamin KH2 [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006 More than 21 million prescriptions for warfarin are written yearly in the U.S. Despite its importance, warfarin's target, vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR), has resisted purification since its identification in 1972. Here, we report its purification and reconstitution.
Pei-Hsuan, Chu +3 more
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