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vitamin D
- Term ID
- CHEBI:27300
- Synonyms
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- D vitamins
- vitamin D vitamer
- vitamin D vitamers
- vitamin Ds
- vitamins D
- Definition
- Any member of a group of fat-soluble hydroxy seco-steroids that exhibit biological activity against vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D can be obtained from sun exposure, food and supplements and is biologically inactive and converted into the biologically active calcitriol via double hydroxylation in the body.
- References
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- MetaCyc:Vitamin-D
- Wikipedia:Vitamin_D
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
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- has subtype
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from vitamin D
Phenotype where environments contain vitamin D
Phenotype modified by environments containing vitamin D
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