Vitamin K in health and disease /
John W. Suttie.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, c2009.
- xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical background -- Active forms, antagonists, physical properties, and synthesis of vitamin K -- Dietary intake of vitamin K and the vitamin K content of foods and plasma -- The vitamin K-dependent carboxylase and vitamin K epoxide reductase -- Vitamin K-dependent proteins -- Absorption, storage, and metabolism of vitamin K -- Public health concerns related to vitamin K status -- Vitamin K requirements, toxicity, and other metabolic interactions.