"Vitamin K 1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of phylloquinones that contains a ring of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and an isoprenoid side chain. Members of this group of vitamin K 1 have only one double bond on the proximal isoprene unit. Rich sources of vitamin K 1 include green plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria. Vitamin K1 has antihemorrhagic and prothrombogenic activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D010837
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.721.374.689 D02.455.849.291.523.500.689 D02.806.550.625 D04.615.638.721.374.689
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin K 1- Vitamin K 1
- Phytonadione
- Vitamin K1
- Phytomenadione
- Phylloquinone
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