A Critical Evaluation of Vitamin D Clinical Overview

• Kolejni autorzy: Gowder, Sivakumar (Redaktor)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: IntechOpen 2017
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Biochemistry; chronic kidney disease, vitamin d deficiency, breast cancer, nanoparticles, alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease
• Dostęp online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, also called as "sunshine vitamin" is derived mostly from sun exposure and food, and for normal activation, it has to undergo two hydroxylation reactions. Vitamin D affects more than 2000 genes in the body. Serum level of 25(OH) D is an ideal indicator of v...