"A Critical Evaluation of Vitamin D: Basic Overview" ed. by Sivakumar Gowder

This book targets the physiological, biochemical and immunological aspects of vitamin D, including principles, mechanisms and clinical significance. This book will be a significant source to students, scientists, physicians, healthcare professionals and also other members of this society who are interested in exploring the role of vitamin D in human life. We derive vitamin D from the sunshine, and hence it can also be considered as 'day' vitamin.


This book covers four sections: 'Vitamin D on Physical and Physiological Activities', 'Vitamin D on Biochemical and Immunological Activities', 'Vitamin D on Musculoskeletal and Neurological System' and 'Vitamin D on Reproductive System'. Each of these sections is interwoven with the theoretical aspects and experimental techniques of basic and clinical sciences.

Contents
1 Vitamin D and Physical Activity
2 Vitamin D in Oxidative Stress and Diseases
3 The Multiple Roles of Vitamin D Besides Calcium-Phosphorus Metabolism
4 Clinical and Biochemical Features of Patients with CYP24A1 Mutations
5 Synthesis of Low Abundant Vitamin D Metabolites and Assaying Their Distribution in Human Serum by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a New Tool for Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Vitamin DRelated Diseases
6 Vitamin D and Sphingolipids: Role in Bone and Neural System
7 Immunomodulatory Effect of Vitamin D in Children with Allergic Diseases
8 Non‐Bone Effects of Vitamin D in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
9 Role of Vitamin D in Myogenesis
10 Skeletal and Extraskeletal Benefits of Vitamin D
11 Optimising Vitamin D Levels after Hip Fractures
12 Vitamin D and Human Reproduction
13 Vitamin D and Female Reproduction