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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Sterols > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sterols > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Cholestenes > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Secosteroids > Vitamin D > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2

Preferred term

25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3,25-diol. Biologically active metabolite of vitamin D2 which is more active in curing rickets than its parent. The compound is believed to attach to the same receptor as vitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 21343-40-8
  • 25-Hydroxycalciferol
  • 25-Hydroxyergocalciferol
  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D2
  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3,25-diol, (3beta,5Z,7E,22E)-
  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3 beta,25-diol
  • Ercalcidiol

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • 25-Hydroxyvitamine D2

    French

  • 21343-40-8
  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3,25-diol, (3beta,5Z,7E,22E)-

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BDCB9JVF-S

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