menaquinone
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Ménaquinone — Structure générique des ménaquinones. La ménatétrénone (MK 4) correspond à n = 4. Général Nom IUPAC 2 méthyl 3 [(2Z,6E,10 … Wikipédia en Français
ménaquinone — ● ménaquinone nom féminin Une des vitamines K ayant des propriétés antihémorragiques. ● ménaquinone (synonymes) nom féminin Une des vitamines K ayant des propriétés antihémorragiques. Synonymes : vitamine K2 … Encyclopédie Universelle
menaquinone-7 — Menaquinone 6 with a 3 heptaprenyl side chain. SYN: vitamin K2(35) … Medical dictionary
menaquinone — ► NOUN Biochemistry ▪ vitamin K, a compound produced by intestinal bacteria and essential for the blood clotting process. ORIGIN from its chemical name … English terms dictionary
menaquinone — The class name for a series of 2 methyl 3 all trans polyprenyl) 1,4 naphthoquinones (vitamins K2). * * * men·a·quin·one .men ə kwin .ōn n VITAMIN K (1b) also a synthetic derivative of vitamin K2 * * * men·a·quin·one (men″ə… … Medical dictionary
menaquinone-6 — Hexaprenylmenaquinone; prenylmenaquinone 6; isolated from putrified fish meal; potency is about 60% of that of phylloquinone (vitamin K1). SYN: farnoquinone, vitamin K2, vitamin K2(30) … Medical dictionary
menaquinone — [ˌmɛnə kwɪnəʊn] noun Biochemistry a member of the vitamin K group, a compound produced by intestinal bacteria and essential for the blood clotting process. Origin 1940s: from the chemical name me(thyl) na(phtho)quinone … English new terms dictionary
menaquinone — /mɛnəkwɪˈnoʊn/ (say menuhkwi nohn) noun the common inactive form of vitamin K found in mammalian liver; vitamin K2 {me(thyl) + na(phtha) + quinone} …
menaquinone — n. one of the K vitamins, produced by bacteria found in the large intestine, essential for the blood clotting process. Also called vitamin K2. Etymology: chem. deriv. of methyl naphtho quinone … Useful english dictionary
Vitamin K — has also been used as a slang term for ketamine, an unrelated anaesthetic. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone). Both forms of the vitamin contain a functional naphthoquinone ring and an aliphatic side chain. Phylloquinone has a phytyl side chain … Wikipedia
