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  2. Phytomenadione - Wikipedia

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    Phytomenadione, also known as vitamin K 1 or phylloquinone, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. [6] [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8] It is used to treat certain bleeding disorders, [7] including warfarin overdose, vitamin K deficiency, and obstructive jaundice. [7]

  3. Vitamin K - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements. [1] The human body requires vitamin K for post-synthesis modification of certain proteins that are required for blood coagulation ("K" from Danish koagulation, for "coagulation") or for controlling binding of calcium in bones and other tissues. [2]

  4. Menadione - Wikipedia

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    This circulation explains the uneven tissue distribution of MK-4, especially since menadione can penetrate the blood–brain barrier. The cleavage enzyme is yet to be identified. As K 3 is known to be toxic in large amounts, researchers speculate that the cleavage process is closely regulated. [6]

  5. Taking This Daily Vitamin Could Slash Dementia Risk By 40% ...

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    Meet the experts: David Merrill, MD, PhD, is a geriatric psychiatrist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, and the Singleton Endowed Chair in Integrative Brain ...

  6. A scientist who studies the link between our gut and brain ...

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    Research suggests that gut microbes, the brain, and the central nervous system can influence each other via what is known as the "gut-brain axis," including by regulating the production of certain ...

  7. This Much Exercise May Be Enough to Lower Your Dementia Risk

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    Scientists have churned out a bunch of studies lately about why exercise is important for brain health and may even help to lower your risk of dementia. Now, new research breaks down a specific ...

  8. Vitamin K reaction - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, Henrik Dam discovered Vitamin K, also known as phylloquinone, phytonadione, or phytomenadione, which is a fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin K is a family of structures of the aforementioned molecules and is not a single compound.

  9. A Doctor Explains Exactly What Happens To Your Brain During ...

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    What they are losing is estrogen, which affects the brain wiring responsible for memory and how fast you process information. Combine that with a lack of sleep common in menopause and you have a ...