A Critical Evaluation of Vitamin D - Basic Overview – free book

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

Edited by Sivakumar Gowder, ISBN 978-953-51-3084-0, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3083-3, 330 pages

Publisher: InTech, Chapters published April 12, 2017 under CC BY 3.0 license DOI: 10.5772/61867

https://www.intechopen.com/books/a-critical-evaluation-of-vitamin-d-basic-overview

The book "A Critical Evaluation of Vitamin D - Basic Overview" targets the physiological, biochemical and immunological aspects of vitamin D, including principles, mechanisms and clinical significance. This book covers four sections:

  1. 'Vitamin D on Physical and Physiological Activities',

  2. 'Vitamin D on Biochemical and Immunological Activities',

  3. 'Vitamin D on Musculoskeletal and Neurological System' and

  4. 'Vitamin D on Reproductive System'.

Each of these sections is interwoven with the theoretical aspects and experimental techniques of basic and clinical sciences. This book will be a significant source to students, scientists, physicians, healthcare professionals and also other members of this society who are interested in exploring the role of vitamin D in human life.

[We derive vitamin D from the sunshine, and hence it can also be considered as 'day' vitamin. - Sivakumar Gowder]

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Vitamin D and Physical Activity

by Nikolaos E. Koundourakis and Andrew N. Margioris

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See also VitaminDWiki Overview Sports and vitamin D which has the following summary

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Vitamin D in Oxidative Stress and Diseases

by Francesca Uberti, Vera Morsanuto and Claudio Molinari

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The Multiple Roles of Vitamin D Besides Calcium-Phosphorus Metabolism

by Jia Guo and Zhangsuo Liu

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Clinical and Biochemical Features of Patients with CYP24A1 Mutations

by Fay Joanne Hill and John A. Sayer

      not available at publisher Aug 7, 2017

see instead CYP24A1 623 entries in VitaminDWiki as of June 2017

Synthesis of Low Abundant Vitamin D Metabolites and Assaying Their Distribution in Human Serum by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a New Tool for Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Vitamin D Related Diseases

by Lars Kattner and Dietrich A. Volmer

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Vitamin D and Sphingolipids: Role in Bone and Neural System

by Alessia Frati, Mercedes Garcia Gil, Federica Pierucci and Elisabetta Meacci

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Immunomodulatory Effect of Vitamin D in Children with Allergic Diseases

by Iwona Stelmach, Joanna JerzyΕ„ska and Daniela Podlecka

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Non‐Bone Effects of Vitamin D in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

by Mohsin Ali Cheema and Khalid Parvez Lone

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Role of Vitamin D in Myogenesis

by Akira Wagatsuma

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Skeletal and Extraskeletal Benefits of Vitamin D

by Enrique Casado and Marta Larrosa

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Optimising Vitamin D Levels after Hip Fractures

by Jenson Mak

Normally β€œ . . D levels significantly fall in the first 14 days following hip fracture”

4 weeks after hip fracture and 250,000 IU loading dose of vitamin D

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Vitamin D and Human Reproduction

by Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani and Samira Behboudi-Gandevani

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Vitamin D and Female Reproduction

by Heba Elhusseini, Daria Lizneva, Larisa Gavrilova-Jordan, Noura Eziba, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Soumia Brakta, Sunil Halder and Ayman Al-Hendy

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