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Descriptor English: Vitamin K
Descriptor Spanish: Vitamina K
Descriptor vitamina K
Scope note: Cofactor lipídico necesario para la normal coagulación sanguínea. Se han identificado varias formas de vitamina K: VITAMINA K1 (fitomenadiona) derivada de plantas, VITAMINA K2 (menaquinona), de bacterias y provitaminas naftoquinona sintéticas VITAMINA K3 (menadiona). Las provitaminas de vitamina K3 muestran la actividad antifibrinolítica de la vitamina K tras alquilación in vivo. Son fuente de vitamina K las verduras de hoja verde, el hígado, el queso, la mantequilla y la yema de huevo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vitamina K
Descriptor French: Vitamine K
Tree number(s): D02.455.426.559.847.638.721.374
D02.455.849.291.523.500
D04.615.638.721.374
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014812
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: /ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: deficiency:Vitamin K Deficiency
Pharm Action: Antifibrinolytic Agents
Vitamins
Registry Number: 12001-79-5
CAS Type 1 Name: Vitamin K
DeCS ID: 15213
Unique ID: D014812
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Vitamin K - Preferred
Concept UI M0022806
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Vitamin K



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