RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The health benefits of vitamin K
JF Open Heart
JO Open Heart
FD British Cardiovascular Society
SP e000300
DO 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300
VO 2
IS 1
A1 James J DiNicolantonio
A1 Jaikrit Bhutani
A1 James H O'Keefe
YR 2015
UL http://openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000300.abstract
AB 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.