Dictionary
vitamin K1,
a yellowish, oily, viscous liquid, C
31H
46O
2, occurring in leafy vegetables, rice, bran, hog liver, etc., or obtained esp. from alfalfa or putrefied sardine meat, or synthesized, that promotes blood clotting by increasing the prothrombin content of the blood. Also called
phylloquinone, phytonadione. vitamin K2,
a light-yellow, crystalline solid, C
41H
56O
2, having properties similar to those of vitamin K
1.
vitamin K3,
menadione.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
