Vitamin K2

The richest natural source of Vitamin K2 is derived from an ancient Japanese medicinal food called Natto. Natto is made from fermented soybeans. Vitamin K2 is also found in green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin K2 Clinical Studies

• Vitamin K status of healthy Japanese women: age-related vitamin K requirement for gamma-carboxylation of osteocalcin.
• Menadione is a metabolite of oral vitamin K.
• Vitamin K concentrations in the maternal milk of Japanese women.
• Inhibitory effect of menaquinone-7 (vitamin K2) on osteoclast-like cell formation and osteoclastic bone resorption in rat bone tissues in vitro.
• Vitamin K administration to elderly patients with osteoporosis induces no hemostatic activation, even in those with suspected vitamin K deficiency.

Vitamin K2 News Articles

• Vitamin K: Another Reason To Eat Your Greens
• Possible Role for Vitamin K2 in the Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Women with Viral Cirrhosis

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