Conversion of Dietary Phylloquinone to Tissue Menaquinone-4 in Rats is Not Dependent on... - 0 views
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Matti Narkia on 11 Dec 09Conversion of dietary phylloquinone to tissue menaquinone-4 in rats is not dependent on gut bacteria. Davidson RT, Foley AL, Engelke JA, Suttie JW. J Nutr. 1998 Feb;128(2):220-3. PMID: 9446847 These data offer conclusive proof that the tissue-specific formation of MK-4 from K is a metabolic transformation that does not require bacterial transformation to menadione as an intermediate in the process