Surprising findings by Queen’s University researchers have shed new light on how the “sunshine vitamin” D – increasingly used to treat and prevent cancer and other diseases – is broken down by our ...

Unlock vitamin D's full potential by understanding its crucial partners: magnesium and vitamin K2. Magnesium is vital for vitamin D's activation, ensuring it effectively supports bone health and ...

Calcitriol regulates multiple signalling pathways involved in proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, inflammation, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis, and it therefore has the potential to ...

"Many epidemiological studies have suggested the beneficial properties of vitamin D," said Yi-Fen Lee, associate professor of urology at the Medical Center who led the research. "Our findings reflect ...

The synthesis of bioactive vitamin D requires hydroxylation at the 1α and 25 positions by cytochrome P450 enzymes in the kidney and liver, respectively. The mitochondrial enzyme CYP27B1 catalyzes ...

Constipation can stem from vitamin deficiencies, impacting digestive health. Low levels of Vitamin D, Thiamine (B1), Vitamin ...

Surprising findings have shed new light on how the "sunshine vitamin" D -- increasingly used to treat and prevent cancer and other diseases -- is broken down by our bodies. The researchers believe the ...