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Vitamin K2

Also known as: menaquinone

Classification

Unknown

Regulatory Status

not-established

Sources

2

Review

n/a

Overview

Vitamin K2 refers to menaquinones involved in gamma-carboxylation of vitamin K-dependent proteins. A supplement benefit is not established here.

Evidence and limitations

Human/preclinical evidence breakdown is not available in this record.

Pathways

coagulationvitamin K-dependent carboxylationmenaquinone

Benefits

A PubMed clinical perspective reviews vitamin K2 discussions in bone and vascular outcomes. This is not a use recommendation.

Interactions & cautions

vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants

vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants — Menaquinones may reduce the anticoagulant effect of warfarin-class drugs. The magnitude is not established here. (review)

These are observational flags for review, not individualized instructions.

Sources

Educational reference only — not medical advice.

What people report (anecdote)

CLINICAL DATA (from trials)

Adverse events:

None recorded in our sources.

Effects measured:

Human trials: none found.

ANECDOTE

What people report: anecdote, not evidence

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