See Also: farnoquinone(medicine)

sauba (iou) and farnoquinone (medicine)


sauba (iou)



sauba noun. M19.
[Portuguese sauva from Tupi ysauwa.]
= leaf-cutter ant s.v. LEAF noun1.

farnoquinone (medicine)


farnoquinone -->
menaquinone-6


Hexaprenylmenaquinone; prenylmenaquinone-6; 2-methyl-3-hexaprenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone;isolated from putrified fish meal; potency is about 60% of that of phylloquinone (vitamin K1).

Synonym: farnoquinone, vitamin K2, vitamin K2(30).