cholecalciferoln.
/ˌkəʊlɪkalˈsɪfərɒl/ Biochemistry.
= vitamin D₃ at vitamin n. Compounds 1.
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1952 Chem. & Engin. News 7 Jan. 104/2 A special subcommittee of the [International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry] commission [on the nomenclature of biological chemistry] has been appointed on the nomenclature of vitamins... The following names have been adopted:..D3 cholecalciferol.
1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochemistry xxiv. 604 Cholecalciferol is necessary for the mobilization of calcium from the bones.
1975 Sci. Amer. June 126/2 The relation of calcium absorption to vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and to sunlight is complicated.
1982 T. M. Devlin Textbk. Biochem. xv. 719 Vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, has been classified as a vitamin in human nutrition based on its low conversion from a precursor sterol under limiting (no sunlight) conditions.
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