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The anticancer effects of vitamin K.
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Abstract
Vitamin K, an essential nutrient often associated with the clotting cascade, has been the focus of considerable research demonstrating an anticancer potential. Much of this research has focused on vitamin K3, although vitamins K2 and K1 have also been shown to have anticancer effects. Early studies of vitamin K3 employed an oxidative model to explain the anticancer effects seen in both in vitro and in vivo studies; however, this model does not adequately address the action of vitamins K1 and K2. Recent research has demonstrated the anticancer action of ...
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Vitamin D3 more potent than vitamin D2.(comparative analysis)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
; ...assigned to receive a single 50,000-IU dose of either vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) or vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Similar increases were seen in the serum concentration of the administered vitamins, indicating equivalent absorption. Both treatments...
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FAQs about Vitamin D.(human nutrition)
Magazine article from: Vegetarian Journal
; VITAMIN D HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY. Researchers are looking...ranging from multiple sclerosis to depression to cancer. Vitamin D has long been known to be important for bone health and...orange juice and to many brands of calcium supplements. Vitamin D has always been looked on as an unusual ...
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Vitamin B12 injections for tiredness.(Literature Review & Commentary)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
; ...completed a double-blind crossover trial of vitamin B12 injections. Prior to the study, all subjects had normal levels of hemoglobin and vitamin B12. Hydroxocobalamin (5 mg intramuscularly...placebo first had a significant response to vitamin B12 in terms of general well being (p...
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The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement.(Recently Published Abstracts)(Author abstract)
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review
; Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D(2)) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D(3)). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence...
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Vitamin K and bone health.(Therapeutic Nutrition)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
; ...many years after its discovery in 1935, vitamin K was recognized only as a necessary cofactor...coagulation cascade. A synthetic form of vitamin K was subsequently created by the pharmaceutical...treatment of coagulation disorders due to vitamin K deficiency or interference with vitamin...
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Present status and development trend of the vitamin industry in China.(Fine Chemicals)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter
; The vitamin industry in China started towards the end of the 1950s. Vitamin production at that time was mainly intended to provide...pharmaceutical production. In the 1970s several varieties of vitamin B could be produced in China and the development of...
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Vitamin K and "Koffee." (significant amount of vitamin K present in coffee; various health aspects examined) (Column)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
; The vitamin content of coffee is seldom considered a factor...mention is made of small or trace amounts of vitamin B and E, few people are aware that it contains significant amounts of vitamin K. I recently ran across a promotion piece by...
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Vitamin D in older patients with cancer.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
; Vitamin D insufficiency has been found to be as high as 75% among community-dwelling...article is to provide a review of published literature focused on the benefits of vitamin D and calcium supplementation in older patients with cancer. Insufficient vitamin D levels may have considerable effects on ...
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Vitamin D testing and supplementation.(analysis)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
; Editor: Dr. Jonathan Wright's article on Vitamin D (Issue 250, page 75) is timely. However...to the information cited below, one's Vitamin D level should never be below 32 ng/ml...Before considering supplementation with vitamin D, it would be wise to have your vitamin...
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Vitamin D deficiency now linked to more serious diseases.
Newspaper article from: Women's Health Letter
; ...before about the importance of getting enough vitamin D to prevent osteoporosis, colds, and the flu. But this hormone we call the sunshine vitamin does much more. Recent studies indicate that vitamin D is protective against sunburn and neurological...
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