Abstract:The role of vitamin D in bone health has been well established. Recent studies have provided a greater focus on the ways in which vitamin D and its metabolites have additional functions in the body that subsequently influence conditions such as common cancers, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, depression and schizophrenia. Vitamin D is known to have more than 50 metabolites. The major circulating form in man is 25(OH)D3; having a long half-life, this compound is considered the principal biomarker t… Show more
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