Vitamin D - Biochemical, Chemical and Clinical Aspects Related to Calcium Metabolism

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Vitamin D-Chemistry -- 19-Hydroxy-IOS (19)-Dihydrovitamin D3 and 25-Hydroxy-24-norvitamin D3 : Analogs with Anti-Metabolite Activity and Related Studies -- Synthesis and Separation of C-24 Epimers of some 24-Hydroxylated Vitamin D3 Analogs -- The 'Overirradiation Products' of Previtamin D and Tachysterol: Toxisterols -- Conformational Analysis of Vitamin D and its Analogs by Ultraviolet, Circular Dichroic, 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy -- I,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 from Solanum Glaucophyllum -- Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Vitamin D Metabolites and Analogs -- A Stereoselective Synthesis of la, 24R, 25-Trihydroxycholecalciferol, a Metabolite of Vitamin D3 -- Crystal Structures and Empirical Force-Field Calculations of Some Steroids of the Vitamin D Series -- Approaches to the Synthesis of Vitamin D Metabolites and Analogs -- Conformational Analysis of Vitamin D: NMR and Force Field Calculations -- Vitamin D-Like Action of a Steroid from Trisetum Flavescens -- Vitamin D-Metabolism and Regulation -- Vitamin D3 Metabolism in Immature Japanese Quail: Effects of Ovarian Hormones -- Relationship of Intestinal Calcium and Phosphorus Absorption to Vitamin D Metabolism During Reproductive Activity of Birds -- On transcalciferin, the serum binding protein for 25-hydroxycholecalciferol -- Ultrastructural Alterations Produced by Vitamin D and its Metabolites on the Chick Parathyroid Gland -- Reduction of Parathyroid Hormone Secretion by 24, 25-Dihydroxy- Cholecalciferol (24, 25-DHCC) -- The Influence of Ca2+ Ions on the Metabolism of 25-Hydrcacy Cholecalciferol -- 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3: Its Further Metabolism and the Regulation of its Biogenesis -- Disappearance from Plasma of Injected 3H-1,25- (OH)2-D3 in Healthy Humans -- Regulation of the Metabolism of 25(OH)D3: l,25(OH)2D3-Parathyroid Interactions -- Conversion of 7-Dehydrocholesterol to Vitamin D3 in Vivo: Isolation and Identification of Previtamin D3