Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Apr 2023)

The effect of vitamin D deficiency on Inflammatory disorders

  • Naz Elahi,
  • Muhammad Hasnain Mankani,
  • Fahd Niaz Shaikh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.7984
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 05

Abstract

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Dear Madam, Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) 25-hydroxyvitamin D, more commonly known as Vitamin D (VD), is the generalized name given to Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), which regulate a wide variety of homeostatic functions in the body. It is a secosteroid, and is mainly produced in the skin when 7-dehydrocholesterol interacts with ultraviolet radiation from the sun [1].