Menadione (vitamin K3) is a catabolic product of oral phylloquinone (vitamin K1) in the intestine and a circulating precursor of tissue menaquinone-4 (vitamin K2) in rats

Yoshihisa Hirota, Naoko Tsugawa, Kimie Nakagawa, Yoshitomo Suhara, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Yuri Uchino, Atsuko Takeuchi, Natsumi Sawada, Maya Kamao, Akimori Wada, Takashi Okitsu, Toshio Okano

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