Biochemistry and metabolism of vitamin D

Vitamin D is not technically a vitamin, since it is not an essential dietary factor. It is rather a prohormone produced photochemically in the skin from 7-dehydrocholesterol. Vitamin D and its metabolites may be categorized as either cholecalciferols or ergocalciferols. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)...

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Main Authors: Jovičić Snežana, Ignjatović Svetlana, Majkić-Singh Nada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia, Belgrade 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Biochemistry
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1452-8258/2012/1452-82581204309J.pdf