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Do the kidneys convert vitamin D to its inactive or active form?
yes
What is the active form of Vitamin D?
Calcitriol
What is the active form of vitamin d called?
Calcitriol
Does the liver synthesize vitamin D?
The skin, liver, and kidneys participate in synthesizing the active form of vitamin D.
What is the primary active form of vitamin d in the human body?
Calcitriol
What is locally regulated in the blood by the active form of vitamin D?
calcium
What hormone does the skin produce?
The answer is vitamin D. In presence of ultraviolet rays cholesterol is converted to vitamin D in the skin. One hydrogen atom is attached to it in liver and second in kidney to form active form of vitamin D.
What vitamin is released by kidneys?
the active form of Vitamin D in the form of 1,25-dihydrocholecaciferol is released from the kidney.written by robal lacoul, hope it would provide some help
What is locally regulated in the blood by the active form of vitamin D which acts as a cofactor?
Ionic calcium: Calcium absorption is closely related to blood levels of ionic calcium. It is locally regulated by the active form of Vitamn D, which promotes active calcium absorption. pg 900 Anatomy Book
In hypervitaminosis A D why does calcium deposit in kidney and not in liver and why does vit A store in liver and not in kidney?
The body stores excessive Vitamin A in the liver for later use if needed. Vitamin D however needs to be converted to a different form to be biologically active. This conversion after it leaves the liver, occurs in the kidney where it is converted to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, a biologically active form.
What is calcitriol?
In presence of ultraviolet rays of sun Cholesterol in skin is converted to Cholecalciferol. then in Liver it get converted to 25 Cholecalciferol. then in kidney, it get converted to 1,25 Cholecalciferol. Which is active form of Vitamin D. Also called as Calitriol. If execass of Vitamin 'D' is ingested as in Cod Liver intake, then body converts it into 24, 25 cholecalciferol, which is almost inactive form of Vitamin 'D'. You have almost no Vitamin 'D' in diary food or any other food. So almost all people have subclinical vitamin 'D' deficiency, except people living in polar area. (Who almost never get heart attack.) so Vitamin 'D' should be added by government in food. Calcitriol deposites calcium salt in bones, enhance absorption of calcium salts from intestine, Reabsorbs calcium ion from kidney.
What is d3?
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol is the natural human form of vitamin D made in the skin when cholesterol reacts with sunlight.It doesn't have significant biological activity, so it must be metabolized first by the liver and then by the kidneys to be converted into fully-active, hormonal form of Vitamin D known as calcitrol. Vitamin D3 is now being studied for treatment of certain cancers.
