The health benefits of vitamin K

Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally,...

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Autores principales: DiNicolantonio, James J, Bhutani, Jaikrit, O'Keefe, James H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300
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spelling pubmed-46002462015-10-14 The health benefits of vitamin K DiNicolantonio, James J Bhutani, Jaikrit O'Keefe, James H Open Heart Review Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin may cause detrimental side effects, which may partly be blunted through vitamin K supplementation. BMJ Publishing Group 2015-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4600246/ /pubmed/26468402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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