Conversion of dietary phylloquinone to tissue menaquinone-4 in rats is not dependent on gut bacteria

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-223

  Davidson, Robert T ^a   Foley, Andrea L ^a   Engelke, Jean A ^a   Suttie, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Gnotobiotic rats; Menaquinone 4; Phylloquinone; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

MENATETRENONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031915196     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.2.220     Document Type: Article

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