phylloquinone

NOUN
  1. a form of vitamin K
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  • ‘People over age 65 consumed more phylloquinone than those in the 20 to 40 age bracket,’ she says.
  • The best-known member of the vitamin K family is phylloquinone, also known as phytonadione because of its relationship with photosynthesis.
  • Supplements also commonly refer to the phylloquinone family of compounds as vitamin K1 and the menaquinone family of compounds as K2. The World's Healthiest Foods
  • ‘Older people tend to have higher blood levels of phylloquinone,’ explains Booth, ‘so we thought they might not respond to dietary increases as much as the younger group.’
  • (The only exception to this rule involves a special group of bacteria, called cyanobacteria, which make phylloquinones instead of menaquinones.) The World's Healthiest Foods
  • The IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature abbreviates phylloquinone as ‘K’ while menaquinone is abbreviated as ‘MK-n.’
  • After earlier research, a purified form of vitamin K, phylloquinone, was isolated from plants in 1939 and used to treat a nutritional deficiency characterized by decreased prothrombin levels.
  • 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. Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Both phylloquinone and menaquinone forms of vitamin K are widely available in dietary supplement form. The World's Healthiest Foods
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