Phylloquinone (Vitamin K1): Occurrence, biosynthesis and functions

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1028-1038

  Basset, Gilles J ^a   Latimer, Scott ^a   Fatihi, Abdelhak ^b   Soubeyrand, Eric ^a   Block, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Naphthoquinones; Peroxisomes; Photosynthesis; Phylloquinone; Plastoglobules; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDROXYNAPHTHOATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; CHLOROPHYLL; COENZYME A; DICOUMAROL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PEROXISOMAL TRANSPORTER PXA1; PHYTOL; PHYTOMENADIONE; PHYTYL DIPHOSPHATE; PROTHROMBIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SALICYLIC ACID; SUCCINYLBENZOATE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TISSUE; PLASTID; PRENYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VASCULAR METABOLISM; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COUMARINS; CYANOBACTERIA; HUMANS; PLANTS; VITAMIN K 1;

EID: 85027326182     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557516666160623082714     Document Type: Review

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