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Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sterols > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Sterols > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Cholestenes > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Secosteroids > Vitamin D > Ergocalciferols > 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2

Preferred term

25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 25 Hydroxycalciferol
  • 25-Hydroxycalciferol
  • 25 Hydroxyergocalciferol
  • 25-Hydroxyergocalciferol
  • 25 Hydroxyvitamin D2
  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D2
  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3 beta,25-diol
  • Ercalcidiol

Note

  • deficiency: coordinate 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2 /defic (IM) with RICKETS (IM) or with VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY (IM)

Scope note

  • 9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraene-3,25-diol. Biologically active metabolite of vitamin D2 which is more active in curing rickets than its parent. The compound is believed to attach to the same receptor as vitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.

History note

  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015652

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