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Vitamin D  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.

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Entry terms

  • 1406-16-2

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q87W6X9P-V

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