Baronets,N.G.

Vitamin K as a stimulator of microbial growth

Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia

The stimulating action of vitamin K, contained in medicinal plants as vitamin K natural complexes and in Vikasol and Menadion, the pharmaceutical preparations of vitamin K, on the growth of pathogenic microorganisms was determined. The stimulating action of group K vitamins should be taken into consideration in the development of nutrient media.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003. No. 4, P. 104—105