. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2014 Jul 14;58(8):1610–1619. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201300659

Table 3.

Percentage of d₄-MK-4 of total d₄-vitamin K in selected tissues

Treatment	Tissue

	Liver	Kidney	Lung	Heart	Brain

α-T	19% ± 2%^a	49% ± 6%^b	58% ± 3%^b,c	8% ± 1%^*,^d	85% ± 3%^e
Vehicle	20% ± 2%^a	61% ± 6%^b	52% ± 2%^b,c	18% ± 1%^#,^a,d	90% ± 1%^e
Saline	20% ± 1%^a	54% ± 4%^b	48% ± 2%^b,c	24% ± 4%^#,^a,d	90% ± 1%^e

Shown are the mean ± SEM of the %conversion to MK-4 [%=100 × d₄-MK-4/(sum (d₄-MK-4+ d₄-PK)]. Two-factor repeated measures ANOVA P-value: Interaction P<0.0001, different symbols (*,^#) in the same column, or different letters in the same row are significantly different, (P<0.05, TMC)