Vitamin K: the effect on health beyond coagulation – an overview
Vitamin K is essential for the synthesis of proteins belonging to the Gla-protein family. To the members of this family belong four blood coagulation factors, which all are exclusively formed in the liver. The importance of vitamin K for hemostasis is demonstrated from the fact that vitamin K-defici...
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Language: | English |
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Swedish Nutrition Foundation
2012-04-01
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Series: | Food & Nutrition Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/5329/21420 |