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menaquinone

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menaquinone /men·a·quin·one/ (men?ah-kwin´on) vitamin K2; any of a series of compounds having vitamin K activity and structurally similar to phytonadione (vitamin K1) but having a different side chain; synthesized by the intestinal flora.
men·a·quin·one (mn-kwnn, -kwnn)
n. Abbr. MK

menaquinone
any of a series of compounds having vitamin K activity, in which the phytyl side-chain of phytomenadione (vitamin K1) is replaced by a side-chain of prenyl units. Called also vitamin K2.

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