 Vitamin K
"Vitamin K" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A lipid cofactor that is required for normal blood clotting. Several forms of vitamin K have been identified: VITAMIN K 1 (phytomenadione) derived from plants, VITAMIN K 2 (menaquinone) from bacteria, and synthetic naphthoquinone provitamins, VITAMIN K 3 (menadione). Vitamin K 3 provitamins, after being alkylated in vivo, exhibit the antifibrinolytic activity of vitamin K. Green leafy vegetables, liver, cheese, butter, and egg yolk are good sources of vitamin K.
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D014812
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D02.455.426.559.847.638.721.374 D02.455.849.291.523.500 D04.615.638.721.374
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin K" by people in Profiles.
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Adame N, Carpenter SL. Closing the loophole: midwives and the administration of vitamin K in neonates. J Pediatr. 2009 May; 154(5):769-71.
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Shelepova T, Nafziger AN, Victory J, Kashuba AD, Rowland E, Zhang Y, Sellers E, Kearns G, Leeder JS, Gaedigk A, Bertino JS. Effect of a triphasic oral contraceptive on drug-metabolizing enzyme activity as measured by the validated Cooperstown 5+1 cocktail. J Clin Pharmacol. 2005 Dec; 45(12):1413-21.
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Kim JS, Nafziger AN, Gaedigk A, Dickmann LJ, Rettie AE, Bertino JS. Effects of oral vitamin K on S- and R-warfarin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: enhanced safety of warfarin as a CYP2C9 probe. J Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Jul; 41(7):715-22.
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Riley RJ, Spielberg SP, Leeder JS. A comparative study of the toxicity of chemically reactive xenobiotics towards adherent cell cultures: selective attenuation of menadione toxicity by buthionine sulphoximine pretreatment. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1993 Apr; 45(4):263-7.
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