"Ergocalciferols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Derivatives of ERGOSTEROL formed by ULTRAVIOLET RAYS breaking of the C9-C10 bond. They differ from CHOLECALCIFEROL in having a double bond between C22 and C23 and a methyl group at C24.
| Descriptor ID |
D004872
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.474 D04.210.500.247.808.412 D04.210.500.812.768.462 D10.570.938.439
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin D 2- Vitamin D 2
- Vitamin D2
- D2, Vitamin
- Ergocalciferol
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ergocalciferols" by people in Profiles.
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Role of vitamin D in chronic kidney disease. Semin Nephrol. 2009 Mar; 29(2):113-21.
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Metabolic bone disease in alcoholic cirrhosis: a comparison of the effect of vitamin D2, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or supportive treatment. Hepatology. 1984 Mar-Apr; 4(2):266-73.