Castanea activity

Vitamin K] (= Phylloquinone 3-Phytomenadione) (naphthoquinone) Widespread e.g. Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae), Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), Castanea sp. (Fagaceae), Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) Dihydrovitamin K (Koaguladons-Vitamin)-dependent protein glutamate carboxylation enables Ca2+-binding for blood clotting protease activation [3, 101- 103]... 

Xu, J., The effect of low-temperature storage on the activity of polyphenol oxidase in Castanea henryi chestnuts. Postharvest Biol. TechnoL, 38, 91-98, 2005. 

A.I.R.N.A. Barros, F.M. Nunes, B. Gon9alves, R.N. Bennett, A.P. Silva, Effect of cooking on total vitamin C contents and antioxidant activity of sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.), Food Chemistry 2011, 128, 165-172. 

Zivkovic, J., Mujic, I., Zekovic, Z., Vidovic, S., Mujic, A., and Jokic, S. 2009. Radical scavenging, antimicrobial activity and phenolic content of Castanea sativa extract. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 10. 2175-182. 

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