"Vitamin K 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of substances similar to VITAMIN K 1 which contains a ring of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinione and an isoprenoid side chain of varying number of isoprene units. In vitamin K 2, each isoprene unit contains a double bond. They are produced by bacteria including the normal intestinal flora.
| Descriptor ID |
D024482
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.721.374.844 D02.455.849.291.523.500.844 D02.806.550.750 D04.615.638.721.374.844
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin K 2- Vitamin K 2
- Menaquinones
- Vitamin K2
- Menaquinone
- Vitamin K Quinone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin K 2" by people in Profiles.
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Salinicoccus cyprini sp. nov., isolated from the gut of mirror carp, Cyprinus carpio var. specularis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2020 Jul; 70(7):4111-4118.
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Overweight-obesity is associated with decreased vitamin K2 levels in hemodialysis patients. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 02 23; 59(3):581-589.
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Atorvastatin Decreases Renal Menaquinone-4 Formation in C57BL/6 Male Mice. J Nutr. 2019 03 01; 149(3):416-421.
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Deuterium-labeled phylloquinone has tissue-specific conversion to menaquinone-4 among Fischer 344 male rats. J Nutr. 2012 May; 142(5):841-5.