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- noun organic chemistry A
polycyclic aromatic ketone , based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. - noun Vitamin K1
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- noun a form of vitamin K
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Low-dose supplements of vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone, are sold in health food stores and over the Internet as a bone mass booster.
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Vitamin K exists in two natural forms: vitamin K1, or phylloquinone, found largely in green leafy vegetables, as well as some vegetable oils, such as canola and soybean oils; and vitamin K2, or menaquinone, for which meat and cheese are the primary dietary sources.
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Both phylloquinone and menaquinone forms of vitamin K are widely available in dietary supplement form.
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Because the phylloquinone forms of vitamin K are located in the chloroplast components of the plant cells, cooking might be able to disrupt the plant cell walls and release some of the vitamin K, which then would get measured in the laboratory where it would otherwise go undetected.
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Supplements also commonly refer to the phylloquinone family of compounds as vitamin K1 and the menaquinone family of compounds as K2.
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Vitamin K exists in two natural forms: vitamin K1, or phylloquinone, found largely in green leafy vegetables, as well as some vegetable oils, such as canola and soybean oils; and vitamin K2, or menaquinone, for which meat and cheese are the primary dietary sources.
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Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin and is derived from either plants (phylloquinone or vitamin K1) or bacterial synthesis.
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Supplements also commonly refer to the phylloquinone family of compounds as vitamin K1 and the menaquinone family of compounds as K2.
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Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin and is derived from either plants (phylloquinone or vitamin K1) or bacterial synthesis.
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Yet, both phylloquinone and menaquinone forms of vitamin K appear helpful in protecting cells-particularly nerve cells-from oxidative damage.
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