| vitamin e deficiency | A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin e in the diet, characterised by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, and disturbances of gait, proprioception, and vibration. In premature infants vitamin e deficiency is associated with haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytosis, oedema, intraventricular haemorrhage, and increasing risk of retrolental fibroplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. An apparent inborn error of vitamin e metabolism, named familial isolated vitamin e deficiency, has recently been identified. (cecil textbook of medicine, 19th ed, p1181) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| vitamin E unit | Potency usually expressed in terms of weight of pure alpha-tocopherol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin F | Term sometimes applied to the essential unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic, linolenic, and arachidonic acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin G | An obsolete term for riboflavin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin H | <biochemistry> A prosthetic group for carboxylase enzymes. Important in fatty acid biosynthesis and catabolism and has found widespread use as a covalent label for macromolecules which may then be detected by high affinity binding of labelled avidin or streptavidin. Essential growth factor for many cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vitamin K | <biochemistry> A fat soluble vitamin that plays an important role in blood clotting. (27 Sep 1997) |
| vitamin K1 | Vitamin K1 or K1(20); 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone; 3-phytylmenaquinone; isolated from alfalfa;also prepared synthetically; major form of vitamin K found in plants. Synonym: phytomenadione, phytonadione, vitamin K1, vitamin K1(20). (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin K2 | Hexaprenylmenaquinone; prenylmenaquinone-6; 2-methyl-3-hexaprenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone;isolated from putrified fish meal; potency is about 60% of that of phylloquinone (vitamin K1). Synonym: farnoquinone, vitamin K2, vitamin K2(30). (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin K2(35) | Menaquinone-6 with a 3-heptaprenyl side chain. Synonym: vitamin K2(35). (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin K3 | A fat soluble vitamin that plays an important role in blood clotting. (27 Sep 1997) |
| vitamin K4 | 2-Methyl-1,4-naphthohydroquinone diacetate;menadiol acetylated at both OH groups; a prothrombogenic vitamin. Synonym: acetomenaphthone, vitamin K4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin K5 | 4-amino-2-methyl-1-naphthol;an antihemorrhagic vitamin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitamin k deficiency | A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin k in the diet, characterised by an increased tendency to haemorrhage (haemorrhagic diathesis). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vitamin K epoxidase | <enzyme> Reductase is the reverse reaction of the epoxidase Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: vitamin k epoxide reductase, menadione epoxide reductase, vitamin k 2,3-epoxide reductase, phylloquinone epoxide reductase, vitamin ko reductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| vitamin K unit | See: Dam unit. (05 Mar 2000) |