In recent years it has been shown that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased
incidence as well as the progression of a broad range of diseases including osteoporosis …

Increasing evidence regarding lipids' beneficial effects on human health has changed the
common perception of consumers and dietary officials about the role (s) of food lipids in a …

Metabolomics aims at detection and quantitation of all metabolites in biological samples.
The presence of metabolites with a wide variety of physicochemical properties and different …

Context: There is uncertainty over the equivalence of vitamins D2 and D3 to maintain
plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D). Objective: The objective of the study was to …

Importance Vitamin D supplementation in infancy is required to support healthy bone
mineral accretion. A supplement of 400 IU of vitamin D per day is thought to support plasma …

Chronic liver disease (CLD) and several related extrahepatic manifestations such as hepatic
osteodystrophy are associated with deficiency of vitamin D, which has therefore been …

In this review, we discuss the sources, formation, metabolism, function, biological activity,
and potency of C3-epimers (epimers of vitamin D). We also determine the role of epimerase …

Vitamin D compounds belong to a group of secosteroids, which occur naturally as vitamin
D3 in mammals and D2 in plants. Vitamin D is vital for bone health but recent studies have …

Sensitive and specific methods for the detection, characterization and quantification of
endogenous steroids in body fluids or tissues are necessary for the diagnosis, pathological …

The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the general population has become a major public
health problem. Vitamin D deficiency might have significant consequences not only to bone …