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Quantification of vitamin K (phylloquinone and menaquinones 4-10) in various shellfish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2025

Amalie Moxness Reksten*
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected] The Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Kari Elin Rød
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected]
Inger Aakre
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected]
Lise Madsen
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected] Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Kristin Holvik
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. [email protected]
Sigrun Henjum
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. [email protected]
Eystein Oveland
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected]
Lisbeth Dahl
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 2029 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway. E-mail addresses: AMR: [email protected]; KER: [email protected]; IA: [email protected]; LM: [email protected]; EO: [email protected] LD: [email protected]
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*Corresponding author: E-mail address: [email protected] Phone number: 0047 975 83 296
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Abstract

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Vitamin K exists naturally in foods as phylloquinone (vitamin K1, PK) and as a range of menaquinones (vitamin K2, MKs). There is scarce information on the occurrence and distribution of PK and MKs in dietary sources, particularly in seafood. This study aimed to comprehensively analyse the contents of vitamin K1, dihydro-K1, and MK-4 to MK-10 in various species, tissue types, and processing degrees of shellfish. Additionally, seasonal differences in the vitamin K content of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) were explored. Most shellfish products had low contents of total vitamin K (<10 µg/100 g). The highest content of total vitamin K was found in the hepatopancreas of snow crab (170 µg/100 g), the brown meat of brown crab (35 µg/100 g), pre-packaged blue mussels (20 µg/100 g), stuffed brown crab shells (15 µg/100 g), and blue mussels in brine (12 µg/100 g). In general, the hepatopancreas of crustaceans contained considerably higher contents of vitamin K than their white meat counterparts. MKs contributed most to total vitamin K contents, whereas most shellfish products contained low contents of PK, thus making only a minor contribution to the adequate intake (AI) established for adults. No statistically significant differences were observed in PK and MK contents of blue mussels sampled during spring versus late summer (p < 0.005). Nevertheless, a non-significant trend of increasing vitamin K content was observed towards the autumn months. This study presents novel vitamin K data for shellfish, an unexplored food group, and adds to the scarce vitamin K composition data worldwide.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society