"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
- Vitamin K Quinone
- Menaquinones
- Menaquinone
- Vitamin K2
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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