Vitamin K in health and disease
By: John W. Suttie.
Series: Oxidative stress and disease -- 26; Oxidative stress and disease -- 26.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780849333927
Subjects: Vitamin K -- Health aspects; Vitamin K
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background; title: Active forms, antagonists, physical properties, and synthesis of vitamin K; title: Dietary intake of vitamin K and the vitamin K content of foods and plasma; title: The vitamin K-dependent carboxylase and vitamin K epoxide reductase; title: Vitamin K-dependent proteins; title: Absorption, storage, and metabolism of vitamin K; title: Public health concerns related to vitamin K status; title: Vitamin K requirements, toxicity, and other metabolic interactions.