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MeSH Heading: Vitamin D
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.812.768
Unique ID: D014807
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014807
Annotation: /defic = VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY or RICKETS; /‌ther use: coordinate disease with /‌drug ther, not /‌diet ther
Scope Note: A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.
Pharm Action: Vitamins
Bone Density Conservation Agents
NLM Classification #: QU 173
See Also: Receptors, Calcitriol
Entry Combination: deficiency:Vitamin D Deficiency
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/01

Entry Combination: deficiency:Vitamin D Deficiency
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Vitamin D MeSH Descriptor Data 2025