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  2. Vitamin K reaction - Wikipedia

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    The liver utilizes vitamin K to produce coagulation factors that help the body form blood clots which prevent excessive bleeding. [2] [3] Vitamin K injections are administered to newborns as a preventative measure to reduce the risk of hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). [4] [5]

  3. 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. [4] [5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [6] It is used to treat certain bleeding disorders, [5] including warfarin overdose, vitamin K deficiency, and obstructive jaundice. [5]

  4. 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]

  5. Is Vitamin K The Same Thing As Potassium? Doctors Explain - AOL

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    "Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is found in a variety of foods and can be produced in small amounts by the bacteria living in the human gut," says Eliza Whitaker, MS, RDN, a registered ...

  6. What Causes Vitamin K Deficiency, and How Is it ... - AOL

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    Vitamin K belongs to a family of fat-soluble vitamins including A, D and E. These vitamins require bile and pancreatic fat-breaking enzymes to digest and absorb. Vitamin K has many roles, but the ...

  7. Menatetrenone - Wikipedia

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    MK-4 is the major form of Vitamin K in vertebrate animals, including humans and common forms of meat animals. It is produced via conversion of vitamin K 1 in the body, specifically in the testes, pancreas and arterial walls. [2] The conversion is not dependent on gut bacteria, occurring in germ-free rats [3] [4] and in parenterally-administered ...

  8. Menadione - Wikipedia

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    The compound is variously known as vitamin K 3 [7] and provitamin K 3. [8] Proponents of the latter name generally argue that the compound is not a real vitamin due to its artificial status (prior to its identification as a circulating intermediate) and its lack of a 3-methyl side chain preventing it from exerting all the functions (specifically, it cannot act as a cofactor for GGCX in vitro ...

  9. Vitamin K Shot Hesitancy For Babies Rises, Alarming Doctors - AOL

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    Babies receive a shot of vitamin K after birth to prevent life-threatening bleeding. But more parents are refusing the injection. The trend is alarming doctors.

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