Molecular Pathways and Roles for Vitamin K2-7 as a Health-Beneficial Nutraceutical: Challenges and Opportunities

• Main Authors: Nikita Jadhav (Author), Saiprasad Ajgaonkar (Author), Praful Saha (Author), Pranay Gurav (Author), Amitkumar Pandey (Author), Vivek Basudkar (Author), Yash Gada (Author), Sangita Panda (Author), Shashank Jadhav (Author), Dilip Mehta (Author), Sujit Nair (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Vitamin K2-7, also known as menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is a form of vitamin K that has health-beneficial effects in osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. Compared to vitamin K1 (phylloquinone), K2-7 is absorbed more readil...