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Vitamin D
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.
Subtype terms (2)
More specific conditions that are subtypes of Vitamin D in the MeSH hierarchy.
- Cholecalciferol
4 drugs (3 approved, 1 experimental)
- Ergocalciferols
1 drug approved
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