Cholecalciferol

Introduction: Cholecalciferol

Description of Cholecalciferol

Cholecalciferol: Probably the vitamin D of animal origin found in the skin, fur, and feathers of animals and birds exposed to sunlight, and also in butter, brain, fish oils, and egg yolk. SYN: vitamin D3. SYN: calciol.
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Cholecalciferol: produced in human and other animal tissue by photoactivation (normally sunlight on skin) of 7-dehydrocholesterol.
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Cholecalciferol: produced in human and other animal tissue by photoactivation (normally sunlight on skin) of 7-dehydrocholesterol.
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Cholecalciferol: Derivative of 7-dehydroxycholesterol formed by ULTRAVIOLET RAYS breaking of the C9-C10 bond. It differs from ERGOCALCIFEROL in having a single bond between C22 and C23 and lacking a methyl group at C24.
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Terms associated with Cholecalciferol:

Terms Similar to Cholecalciferol:

• Vitamin D3
• Colecalciferol

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• Vitamin D 3

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Related Topics

• Receptors, Calcitriol

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More specific terms for Cholecalciferol:

• Hydroxycholecalciferols

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Broader terms for Cholecalciferol

• Cholestenes
• Sterols
• Vitamin D

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• vitamin D

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The term Cholecalciferol can be used for:

• vitamin D3

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Hierarchical classifications of Cholecalciferol

The following list attempts to classify Cholecalciferol into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Polycyclic Compounds
  • Steroids
    • Cholestanes
      • Cholestenes
        • Cholecalciferol

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Polycyclic Compounds
  • Steroids
    • Cholestanes
      • Sterols
        • Cholecalciferol

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Polycyclic Compounds
  • Steroids
    • Secosteroids
      • Vitamin D
        • Cholecalciferol

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Lipids
  • Membrane Lipids
    • Sterols
      • Cholecalciferol

External links related to: Cholecalciferol

• Cholecalciferol frame

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