Phytonadione Tablets

Dosage form: tablet
Drug classes:Anticoagulant reversal agents, Vitamins

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 1, 2021.

Phytonadione Tablets Description

Phytonadione is a vitamin which is a clear, yellow to amber, viscous, and nearly odorless liquid. It is insoluble in water, soluble in chloroform and slightly soluble in ethanol. It has a molecular weight of 450.7.

Phytonadione is 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1, 4-naphthoquinone. Its empirical formula is C 31H 46O 2 and its structural formula is:

Phytonadione Tablets containing 5 mg of phytonadione are yellow, compressed tablets, scored on one side. Inactive ingredients are acacia, calcium phosphate, colloidal silicon dioxide, lactose, magnesium stearate, starch, and talc.

Phytonadione Tablets - Clinical Pharmacology

Phytonadione Tablets possess the same type and degree of activity as does naturally-occurring vitamin K, which is necessary for the production via the liver of active prothrombin (factor II), proconvertin (factor VII), plasma thromboplastin component ...