The importance of vitamin D in medicine

Vitamin D refers to a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate and zinc. Vitamin D from the diet or dermal synthesis from sunlight is biologically inactive; activation requires enzymatic conversion (hydroxylation) in the liver and kidneys. About the importance of vitamin D in medicine spokes Sydney University Professor Dr Ostoja Vucic...

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