Abstract:PURPOSE:Recently new roles for vitamin K, different from that in coagulation, have been proposed, including prevention of cardiometabolic diseases. It was the aim of the present work to evaluate the impact of vitamin K treatment on the changes in liver and pancreas of rats with experimentally induced metabolic syndrome. METHODS: Four groups of rats were used, as follows: one control group fed regular rat chow; one group fed high fat, high fructose (HFHF) diet for 12 weeks to induce a metabolic syndrome (MS) an… Show more
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