Vitamin K and Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins in Relation to Human Health

• Main Author: Martin J. Shearer (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Leon J. Schurgers (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Food & society; the vitamin K cycle and vitamin K antagonists; vitamin K in human health and disease; assessment of vitamin K status; vitamin K nutrition
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Vitamin K comprises a group of highly lipophilic molecules that possess a common 2-methyl-1, 4-naphthoquinone nucleus and a variable polyisoprenoid side chain at the 3-position that can vary in both length and degree of saturation. In nature, these forms are found as a single plant form (phylloquino...