Vitamin D metabolism in a frugivorous nocturnal mammal, the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Cavaleros, Meropi ^a,b,c   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,b,c   Ross, F Patrick ^a,b,c   Pettifor, John M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

1, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D; 25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Egyptian fruit bat; Rousettus aegyptiacus; Serum calcium concentration; Vitamin D; Vitamin D binding protein

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MINERAL; OXYGENASE; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUGIVORY; MAMMAL; METABOLITE; MINERAL BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

EID: 0043166350     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00150-3     Document Type: Article

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