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Preferred term

Calcifediol  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The major circulating metabolite of VITAMIN D3. It is produced in the LIVER and is the best indicator of the body's vitamin D stores. It is effective in the treatment of RICKETS and OSTEOMALACIA, both in azotemic and non-azotemic patients. Calcifediol also has mineralizing properties.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 19356-17-3 (Calcifediol)
  • 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol
  • 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol Monohydrate
  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 3
  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3
  • 36149-00-5 ((3 beta,5E,7E)-isomer)
  • 73809-05-9 ((3 alpha,5Z,7E)-isomer)
  • 9,10-Secocholesta-5,7,10(19)-triene-3,25-diol, (3beta,5Z,7E)-
  • Calcidiol
  • P6YZ13C99Q
  • T0WXW8F54E

In other languages

  • French

  • 19356-17-3 (Calcifediol)
  • 25-hydroxycholécalciferol
  • 36149-00-5 ((3 beta,5E,7E)-isomer)
  • 73809-05-9 ((3 alpha,5Z,7E)-isomer)
  • 9,10-Secocholesta-5,7,10(19)-triene-3,25-diol, (3beta,5Z,7E)-
  • P6YZ13C99Q
  • T0WXW8F54E

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F10PRFPM-P

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