Tag: Calcification

Anticoagulation Aortic calcification Bone strength Calcium cardiovascular Carotid artery Coagulation Heart Hydroxyapatite Matrix GLA Osteocalcin osteoporosis

Vitamin K2-7 is an important vitamin required for bone and cardiovascular health

July 22, 2021 by admin

Vitamin K is a cofactor for enzyme, γ-glutamylcarboxylase. This γ-carboxylation allows VKD proteins to bind calcium. Vitamin K is required for the activity of coagulation and anticoagulation factors and for the binding of osteocalcin to hydroxyapatite in bone.1Both forms of vitamin K, K1 and K2, are essential in maintaining blood hemostasis and optimal bone and […]

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Bone health Bone homeostasis Bone mineral density Bone resorption Bone tissue Calcification Nutrition Osteoid osteoporosis postmenopause Skeleton Zinc

Zinc intake has positive impact on bones

July 12, 2021 by admin

Zinc, a nutritional trace element, is essential for the growth of human and animals.1 Zinc is required for the growth, development, and maintenance of healthy bones. Bone growth retardation is a common finding in various conditions associated with zinc deficiency.2 In Iranian schoolboys at year 1961, zinc supplementation was first found to restore both skeletal growth and […]

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