| chemical treatment by diet: D3 vitamins |
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| Name: | chemical treatment by diet |
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| Definition: | Chemical treatment condition in which the chemical is introduced through the diet. |
| Ontology: | Zebrafish Environment Condition Ontology [ZECO:0000239] |
| Name: | D3 vitamins |
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| Synonyms: | D3 vitamin, vitamin D3s |
| Definition: | A vitamin D that is calciol or its hydroxylated metabolites calcidiol and calcitriol. Calciol (also known as vitamin D3) acts as a hormone precursor, being hydroxylated in the liver to calcidiol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3), which is then further hydroxylated in the kidney to give calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3), the active hormone. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:73558] ( EBI ) |