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Menadione

A synthetic form of vitamin K, known as vitamin K3: it is 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, the core shared by all K vitamins. Already used in poultry feed before 1958, today it is an inexpensive source of vitamin K for farm animals and pets. This family brings together other impurities.

Did you know?Our own body makes small amounts of it from vitamins K1 and K2, and turns it into vitamin K2 (MK-4) thanks to the enzyme UBIAD1.

EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceMenadione CRSEDQM code M0300000Family Menadione

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