Article: Price of vitamin E increases constantly.(Fine and Specialty)

Article: FAQs about Vitamin D.(human nutrition)
Vegetarian Journal;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN D HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY. Researchers are looking...ranging from multiple sclerosis to depression to cancer. Vitamin D has long been known to be important for bone health and...orange juice and to many brands of calcium supplements. Vitamin D has always been looked on as an unusual ...

Article: Vitamin D
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin D Description Vitamin D, also known as calciferol, is essential for strong teeth and bones. There are two major forms of vitamin D: D 2 or ergocalciferol and D 3 or cholecarciferol. Vitamin D can...

Article: Vitamin B12 injections for tiredness.(Literature Review & Commentary)
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  February 1, 2004 ;     351 words ......completed a double-blind crossover trial of vitamin B12 injections. Prior to the study, all subjects had normal levels of hemoglobin and vitamin B12. Hydroxocobalamin (5 mg intramuscularly...placebo first had a significant response to vitamin B12 in terms of general well being (p...

Article: Vitamin K
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin K Description Vitamin K originates from the German term koajulation . It is also known as antihemorrhagic factor, and is one of the four fat-soluble vitamins necessary for good health. The others are vitamins A, D, and E. The...

Article: The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement.(Recently Published Abstracts)(Author abstract)
Alternative Medicine Review;  December 1, 2006 ;     205 words ...Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D(2)) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D(3)). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence...

Article: Vitamin K and bone health.(Therapeutic Nutrition)
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......many years after its discovery in 1935, vitamin K was recognized only as a necessary cofactor...coagulation cascade. A synthetic form of vitamin K was subsequently created by the pharmaceutical...treatment of coagulation disorders due to vitamin K deficiency or interference with vitamin...

Article: ZMC expands production of vitamin E. (Project: Construction).(Zhejiang Medicine Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
China Chemical Reporter;  January 6, 2003 ;     245 words ......CCR is told that Zhejiang Medicine Company Ltd...decides to shift its Vitamin E (VE) production...standard in Xinchang, Zhejiang Medicine Company decides...gradually move its vitamins production to...first stage of vitamins branch in the...December 6, 2002 Zhejiang ...

Article: Vitamin E
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin E Description Vitamin E is an antioxidant responsible for proper functioning of the immune...tocopherol). Gamma tocopherol accounts for approximately 75% of dietary vitamin E. Vitamin E rich foods include nuts, cereals, beans, eggs, cold-pressed...

Article: Present status and development trend of the vitamin industry in China.(Fine Chemicals)
China Chemical Reporter;  August 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The vitamin industry in China started towards the end of the 1950s. Vitamin production at that time was mainly intended to provide...pharmaceutical production. In the 1970s several varieties of vitamin B could be produced in China and the development of...

Article: Vitamin C
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Vitamin C Description Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is naturally produced in fruits and vegetables. The vitamin, which can be taken in dietary or supplementary form, is absorbed by the intestines. That which the body cannot absorb is excreted in the...

Article: Vitamin K and "Koffee." (significant amount of vitamin K present in coffee; various health aspects examined) (Column)
Tea & Coffee Trade Journal;  July 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...The vitamin content of coffee is seldom considered a factor...mention is made of small or trace amounts of vitamin B and E, few people are aware that it contains significant amounts of vitamin K. I recently ran across a promotion piece by...

Article: Vitamin D Deficiency
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Vitamin D deficiency Definition Vitamin D deficiency exists when the concentration of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D) in the blood serum occurs at 12 nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml) or less. This is one-half to one-fourth the amount normally present...

Article: Vitamin D in older patients with cancer.(Clinical report)
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D insufficiency has been found to be as high as 75% among community-dwelling...article is to provide a review of published literature focused on the benefits of vitamin D and calcium supplementation in older patients with cancer. Insufficient vitamin D levels may have considerable effects on ...

Article: Vitamin D testing and supplementation.(analysis)(Letter to the Editor)
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Editor: Dr. Jonathan Wright's article on Vitamin D (Issue 250, page 75) is timely. However...to the information cited below, one's Vitamin D level should never be below 32 ng/ml...Before considering supplementation with vitamin D, it would be wise to have your vitamin...