Menaquinone 6 Chemical Properties

Melting point:

49-50 ºC

Boiling point:

673.3±55.0 °C(Predicted)

Density 

0.970

storage temp. 

−20°C

InChIKey

PFRQBZFETXBLTP-RCIYGOBDSA-N

SMILES

C1(=O)C2=C(C=CC=C2)C(=O)C(C)=C1C/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(/C)\C

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

22-24/25

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

QL9279500

MSDS

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Menaquinone 6 Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Vitamin (prothrombogenic).

Uses

Menaquinones are isoprenoid quinones of the naphthalene series and belongs to the K2 Vitamin homologs. Menaquinones were originally discovered as the anti-hemorrhagic factor and now encompasses a variety of physiological processes. Menaquinone-6 were the major isoprenoid quinones found in membrane preparations of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter fetus.

Biological Activity

Menaquinone 6 plays an essential role as an electron carrier in the bacterial respiratory chain. Only small amounts of menaquinone 6 can be found in human.

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