Preferred Name | vitamin D | |
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Definitions |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble hydroxy seco-steroids that exhibit biological activity against vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D can be obtained from sun exposure, food and supplements and is biologically inactive and converted into the biologically active calcitriol via double hydroxylation in the body. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_27300 |
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alternative term |
vitamin d |
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CHEBI:27300 |
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label |
vitamin D vitamin D |
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notation |
CHEBI:27300 |
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prefLabel |
vitamin D |
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textual definition |
Any member of a group of fat-soluble hydroxy seco-steroids that exhibit biological activity against vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D can be obtained from sun exposure, food and supplements and is biologically inactive and converted into the biologically active calcitriol via double hydroxylation in the body. |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CDNO_0000014 |