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    CAS Number: 84-80-0

    Vitamin K1

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    Vitamin K1 (syn: Phytonadione) is a natural organic substance and prenylated naphthoquinone. It can be used in cell culture and is commonly added to culture media. The compound is a polycyclic aromatic ketone used as a cofactor in the formation of coagulation factors and in cell signaling, and bone metabolism. Vitamin K1 is found in higher plants and some blue-green algae and cyanobacteria and is involved in photosynthesis. VItamin K encompasses a group of fat-soluble 2-methyl-1,4 naphthoquinone derivatives that includes Vitamin K1, Vitamin K2 ( menaquinone) and Vitamin K3 (menadione). Vitamin K was discovered in 1929 and dubbed the 'coagulation vitamin' due to its role in blood coagulation. Henrik Dam of Biochemical Inst.(University of Copenhagen) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1943) for the discovery of Vitamin K). It was later purified from alfalfa at the St. Louis University School of Medicine by Edward Doisy's group and he was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for elucidating its structure. Research has shown that Vitamin K has a range of activities that extend beyond coagulation.

    Vitamin K1 is sparingly soluble in alcohol.