Throughout the chapter, we will discuss the chemical characteristics of vitamin D, its
sources, its metabolism in the liver and kidneys. We will also discuss its endocrine and …

Vitamin D has long been known for its effect of promoting intestinal absorption of calcium as
well as bone mineralization and its deficiency leads to bone disease, rickets, once common …

This Special Issue of Nutrients, titled “Benefits of Vitamin D in health and diseases”, includes
a total of twenty-five publications that consider different aspects of vitamin D, both at the …

Vitamin D has always been associated with calcium–phosphate metabolism, but vitamin D
receptors or its metabolites have been found in different body cells, indicating a possible …

Vitamin D3 cholecalciferol is produced from its cholesterol precursors in the skin under the
influence of ultraviolet calc. Its subsequent hydroxylation in the liver and kidneys leads to the …

This Special Issue of Nutrients, titled “Benefits of Vitamin D in health and diseases”, includes
a total of twenty-five publications that consider different aspects of vitamin D, both at the …

Vitamin D has always been associated with calcium-phosphate metabolism, but vitamin D
receptors or its metabolites have been found in different body cells, indicating a possible …

There is a growing interest for vitamin D in the medical and scientific community as well as in
the public media as illustrated by a huge number of publications. Most experts claim that …

Vitamin D is considered the sunshine vitamin and it has been produced on the earth for
more than 500 million years [1]. The main role of vitamin D is to ensure the efficient intestinal …

Vitamin D, one of the fat soluble vitamins, is considered a hormone also owing to its ability to
be synthesized in the body and similarity of its mechanism of action with steroid hormones. It …