Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Wistar rats fed vitamin D deficient or normal diet: effect of ultraviolet irradiation and temperature.
Weanling Wistar rats were studied to examine the effects of vitamin D deficient diet, lack of ultraviolet irradiation, and lowering of environmental temperature, on the production of serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Results suggest that dietary vitamin D, sunlight, and ambient temperature may also be contributory factors in the maintenance of adequate levels of vitamin D.
Devgun
M S
MS
Department of Biochemistry, Law Hospital, Carluke, Scotland, UK.
D000818:Animals; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000097:blood*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004032:Diet; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood*
D014807:Vitamin D; D002112:Calcifediol