Lexic.us

Definition of Phylloquinone

1. Noun. A form of vitamin K.

Definition of Phylloquinone

1. Noun. (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic ketone, based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. ¹

2. Noun. Vitamin K₁ ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Phylloquinone

1. Vitamin K1 or K1(20); 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone; 3-phytylmenaquinone; isolated from alfalfa;also prepared synthetically; major form of vitamin K found in plants. Synonym: phytomenadione, phytonadione, vitamin K1, vitamin K1(20). (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Phylloquinone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis: Workshop Summary by Carol West Suitor, Linda D. Meyers (2007)
"For example, three clinical intervention trials are investigating the specific role of phylloquinone in bone in postmenopausal women. ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(c) Any vitamin K added shall be in the form of phylloquinone. (d) Vitamin Bf, shall be present at a level of at least 15 micrograms of vitamin Bf, ..."

3. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Bellamy Isabel, Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean, Maclean Donald (2005)
"Vitamin K phylloquinone (Kl) and Menaquinone (K2) are naturally occurring, Menadione (K3) is man-made. Vitamin K is needed to produce of prothrombin which ..."

4. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"... 874-875 Phosphotungstic Acid TS, 968 phylloquinone, 499-500 Physical Tests and Determinations, 834- 858 Physicochemical Properties of Substances. ..."

5. Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis: Workshop Summary by Carol West Suitor, Linda D. Meyers (2007)
"For example, three clinical intervention trials are investigating the specific role of phylloquinone in bone in postmenopausal women. ..."

6. Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(c) Any vitamin K added shall be in the form of phylloquinone. (d) Vitamin Bf, shall be present at a level of at least 15 micrograms of vitamin Bf, ..."

7. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Bellamy Isabel, Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean, Maclean Donald (2005)
"Vitamin K phylloquinone (Kl) and Menaquinone (K2) are naturally occurring, Menadione (K3) is man-made. Vitamin K is needed to produce of prothrombin which ..."

8. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"... 874-875 Phosphotungstic Acid TS, 968 phylloquinone, 499-500 Physical Tests and Determinations, 834- 858 Physicochemical Properties of Substances. ..."

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