Within this naphthoquinone category, there are two basic types of vitamin K. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference
The anti-vitamin K activity was thought to be associated with the hydroxyl group attached to the naphthoquinone ring ofthe compound. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
In the very same year Doisy reported that, together with his associates, he had succeeded not only in determining the chemical structure of vitamin K - it was found to be a naphthoquinone derivate - but also in synthetically preparing in his laboratory a K vitamin identical with the natural one. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1943 - Presentation Speech] Reference
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