Age and Dietary Form of Vitamin K Affect Menaquinone-4 Concentrations in Male Fischer 3... - 0 views
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Matti Narkia on 11 Dec 09Age and dietary form of vitamin K affect menaquinone-4 concentrations in male Fischer 344 rats. Booth SL, Peterson JW, Smith D, Shea MK, Chamberland J, Crivello N. J Nutr. 2008 Mar;138(3):492-6. PMID: 18287355 These data suggest that dihydrophylloquinone, which differs from phylloquinone in its side phytyl chain, is absorbed but its intake results in less MK-4 in certain tissues. Dihydrophylloquinone may be used in models for the study of tissue-specific vitamin K deficiency