Vitamins
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with hypovitaminosis D. Whether body mass index (BMI) determines the replacement dose of vitamin D to achieve sufficiency is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between BMI and serum 25-OH vitamin D ... Read more...

Recognition and management of vitamin D deficiency.

13 Oct 2009 Vitamin D deficiency affects persons of all ages. Common manifestations of vitamin D deficiency are symmetric low back pain, proximal muscle weakness, muscle aches, and throbbing bone pain elicited with pressure over the sternum or tibia. A ... Read more...

A stabilized 0.1% retinol facial moisturizer improves the appearance of photodamaged skin in an eight-week, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study.

29 Sep 2009 Retinol is a cosmetic ingredient that is structurally similar to all-trans-retinoic acid, which has been shown to be effective in the treatment of photodamage. Since skin keratinocytes are reported to metabolize retinol to retinoic acid, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vitamins'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index. 30 Oct 2009
• Recognition and management of vitamin D deficiency. 13 Oct 2009
• Periodontitis, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and vitamin D. 13 Oct 2009
• A stabilized 0.1% retinol facial moisturizer improves the appearance of photodamaged skin in an eight-week, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study. 29 Sep 2009
• Animal models and different therapies for treatment of retinitis pigmentosa. 29 Sep 2009
• Perinatal outcomes, including mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality and their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania. 29 Sep 2009
• Skin cancer meets vitamin D: the way forward for dermatology and public health. 29 Sep 2009
• VDR and MEK-ERK dependent induction of the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin in keratinocytes by lithocholic acid. 3 Sep 2009
• [Nutritional aspects of glucose metabolism and bone metabolism: knowledge of vitamins and minerals for NST activities] 30 Aug 2009
• Recent progress in stable isotope methods for assessing vitamin metabolism. 30 Aug 2009
• Identification of ataxia-associated mtDNA mutations (m.4052T>C and m.9035T>C) and evaluation of their pathogenicity in transmitochondrial cybrids. 30 Aug 2009
• Antimicrobial peptides and the skin immune defense system. 30 Aug 2009
• Oral vitamin A enhances the effectiveness of formalin 8% in treating chronic hemorrhagic radiation proctopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Two essential arginine residues in the T components of energy-coupling factor transporters. 26 Aug 2009
• [Dietary therapy for inflammatory rheumatic diseases] 26 Aug 2009
• Estrogen controls vitamin D3-mediated resistance to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by controlling vitamin D3 metabolism and receptor expression. 24 Aug 2009
• Steady-state and stopped-flow kinetic studies of three Escherichia coli NfsB mutants with enhanced activity for the prodrug CB1954. 16 Aug 2009
• [Physical activity and dietary supplements] 15 Aug 2009
• A pilot study of the efficacy of a vitamin C-containing showerhead on symptoms of eczema. 5 Aug 2009
• Vitamin C for the common cold should not be rejected on the basis of old and erroneous articles. 3 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Vitamins'

Definition: Organic substances that are required in small amounts for maintenance and growth, but which cannot be manufactured by the human body.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D014815

Alternative terms: Vitamins; Vitamin;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; biosynthesis; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; genetics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; secretion; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.696.377.605.600; J02.500.631.600;

Technical Notes: deficiency = AVITAMINOSIS but prefer specific precoordinated vitamin deficiency terms (avitaminosis A = VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY etc); ther use: coordinate disease term with /drug ther, not /diet ther