Vitamin K2
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vitamin-k2-186-16981217
title:
Vitamin K2
text:
Vitamin K2 or menaquinone (MK) is one of three types of vitamin K, the other two being vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and K3 (menadione). K2 is both a tissue and bacterial product (derived from vitamin K1 in both cases) and is usually found in animal products or fermented foods. The number n of isoprenyl units in their side chain differs and ranges from 4 to 13, hence Vitamin K2 consists of various forms. It is indicated as a suffix (-n), e. g. MK-7 or MK-9. The most common in the human diet is the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Group of vitamins and bacterial metabolites
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K2
date created:
2013-01-15T10:21:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T02:35:36Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Menachinon.svg","width":327,"height":193}
fields total:
13
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16