Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Vitamin K in Women‘s Health

Anna Capozzi, Giovanni Scambia, Stefano Lello

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 In the last decades data about the importance of vitamin K in human health became even more interesting. Vitamin K includes a group of lipophilic substances called quinones which are different from a biochemical point of view and in respect of their pharmacological profile, as regards their use as supplements. In particular, vitamin K2 seem to be the most intriguing because of its large involvement in bone maintenance in postmenopausal women. However, according to recent studies, vitamin K may represent an “omnipotent vitamin”, considering the growing interest in different fields, such as cardiovascular pathologies and oncogenesis. Anyway, the most solid evidence concern bone health. We review and discuss the impact of vitamin K, particularly vitamin K2, on female bone homeostasis and we also synthesize new highlights about vitamin K status in general women’s health and their possible future therapeutic implications.

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Anna Capozzi, Giovanni Scambia, Stefano Lello, Vitamin K in Women‘s Health, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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