Vitamin K is a dietary nutrient essential for the normal biosynthesis of factors that are required for blood clotting. It has also been shown to inhibit cell growth. Vitamin K1 2,3-epoxide is the inactive metabolite of vitamin K1. During clotting, vitamin K1 is converted to this epoxide form and then rapidly reduced back to the vitamin by a microsomal epoxide reductase. This is referred to as the vitamin K epoxide cycle. Certain anticoagulants target clotting factor synthesis by inhibiting the recycling of vitamin K1 from the inactive epoxide.

25486-55-9

C31H46O3

466.7

Vitamin K1 2,3-epoxide;Vitamin K1 2,3-epoxide

DMSO:25 mg/mL
DMF:25 mg/mL
Ethanol:25 mg/mL
Powder: -20°C for 3 years
In solvent: -80°C for 2 years