vitamin K
fat-soluble vitamins found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements
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Summary
vitamin K is a group of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of group of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,329 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Manufacturer: Pfizer[3]
- Subclass of: fat-soluble vitamin[4], biogenic naphthochinone[5]
- Part of: cellular response to vitamin K[6], response to vitamin K[7], vitamin K biosynthetic process[8], vitamin K metabolic process[9], vitamin K catabolic process[10]
- Commons category: Vitamin K[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vitamin K[12]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C943[13]
- Medical condition treated: vitamin K deficiency[14]
- LiverTox likelihood score: LiverTox toxicity likelihood category E[15]
Why It Matters
vitamin K has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]