Commemorative Issue in Honor of Centennial of the Discovery of Vitamin D-The Central Role of Vitamin D in Physiology / / edited by Carsten Carlberg.

• TeilnehmendeR: Carlberg, Carsten,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 pages)

This reprint is about vitamin D, a molecule that can be absorbed from certain foods, such as fatty fish, which can also be produced endogenously when we expose our skin to sufficient doses of ultraviolet B radiation. When vitamin D is metabolized into 1,25(OH)2D3 (also called calcitriol), it acts as...