Figure 2.
Metabolism of vitamin K in adults
- K1: phylloquinone; K2: MK‐n: menaquinones. Absorption of menaquinones synthesised from gut microbiota in the large intestine remains uncertain (hence the question mark in the figure) (Section 2.3.1).
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