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unusual facts about vitamin



Amy Cutler

Cutler is one of the many contemporary artists mentioned in the book Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing published by Phaidon Press in 2005.

BALCO scandal

Founded in 1984 by Victor Conte and his first wife Aubry, BALCO began as Millbrae Holistic, a vitamin shop in Millbrae, California.

Bernard L. Oser

His research during this time focused on biological and chemical assays on vitamins, proteins, and other nutrient; pharmaceutical vitamin fortification, stabilization, and availability; toxicology and safety evaluation of food additives, drugs, pesticides, and related chemicals; and the scientific aspects of food law and regulations.

C8H9NO3

Pyridoxal, one of the three natural forms of vitamin B6

Calcification

Intake of excessive Vitamin D can cause Vitamin D poisoning and excessive intake of calcium from the intestine, when accompanied by a deficiency of vitamin K (perhaps induced by an anticoagulant such as warfarin).

Castle factors

Intrinsic factor, a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach, which is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12

David Adriaan van Dorp

In 1946, while employed by the Dutch Organon company in Oss, Van Dorp and Jozef Ferdinand Arens ('Coco') published the synthesis for vitamin A acid in the scientific journal Nature.

Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals

Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Dishman Netherlands B.V manufactures of Vitamin D2, Vitamin D3, Vitamin D analogues, cholesterol and lanolin related products.

Ergosterol

It was also not as common as the earlier Steenbock process, in which milk was exposed directly to ultraviolet light, which converts milk's natural 7-dehydrocholesterol content to vitamin D3.

Etos

Etos stores are supposedly composed by four elements Earth (health, from vitamins to medicines), Water (bodycare, from shampoo to toothpaste), Fire (beauty, cosmetics, fragrance, face care) and Air (presents).

Findlay E. Russell

Other associates included George Wells Beadle, Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and Nobelists William Shockley and Linus Pauling (he treated Pauling's dog with vitamin C injections).

Gloger's rule

However absorption of a certain amount of UV radiation is necessary for the production of certain vitamins, notably vitamin D (see also Osteomalacia).

Hagebuttenmark

With the second method, the preserve is very rich in Vitamin C. It is the typical preparation in Auendorf a village that belongs to Bad Ditzenbach that is called "Hägenmarkdorf" ("dorf" being the German word for "village") and is the only village in Germany that features rose hips in their coat of arms.

Isoniazid

Peripheral neuropathy and CNS effects are associated with the use of isoniazid and are due to pyridoxine (vitamin B6) depletion, but are uncommon at doses of 5 mg/kg.

Jack Heslop-Harrison

In March 1945 he was posted to 21 Army Group Headquarters in Brussels, where he was tasked with retrieving a sample of the fungus Eremothecium ashbyi from the Dutch National Mycological Collection at Baarn; it had proved useful in synthesising vitamin B, something in demand in post-war Europe.

John Francis Filmer

This clearly foreshadowed the discovery of vitamin B12 and proof that the role of cobalt as an essential trace element is exerted through this vitamin.

Leopard gecko

Metabolic bone disease or MBD is a nutritional deficiency caused by a lack of calcium and vitamin D3 in the diet.

M74 syndrome

Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in eggs is the immediate cause of M74 mortality.

Marc Sorenson

Dr. Sorenson has published a scientific paper in the journal Dermatoendocrinology, on Vitamin D and erectile dysfunction (ED), theorizing that lack of vitamin D or sunlight could be a contributor to ED.

Mary Hardy

María Cordero Hardy (born 1932), Puerto Rican scientist whose research has helped in the understanding of the properties of vitamin E

Medical genetics

Examples include the use of high doses of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) in some patients with homocystinuria to boost the activity of the residual cystathione synthase enzyme, administration of biotin to restore activity of several enzymes affected by deficiency of biotinidase, treatment with NTBC in Tyrosinemia to inhibit the production of succinylacetone which causes liver toxicity, and the use of sodium benzoate to decrease ammonia build-up in urea cycle disorders.

Mount Waugh

Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for W.A. Waugh, American biochemist who, with Charles Glen King, first identified the antiscorbutic component from lemon juice, making possible the production of synthetic vitamin C to prevent scurvy, in 1932.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

In the Pioglitazone versus Vitamin E versus Placebo for the Treatment of Nondiabetic Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (PIVENS) trial, for patients with NASH but without diabetes mellitus, the use of very high dosages of vitamin E (800 IU/day) for four years was associated with a significantly higher rate of improvement than placebo (43% vs. 19%) in the primary outcome.

Norman Haworth

Haworth had been given his initial reference sample of "water-soluble vitamin C" or "hexuronic acid" (the previous name for the compound as extracted from natural products) by Hungarian physiologist Albert Szent-György, who had codiscovered its vitamin properties along with Charles Glen King, and had more recently discovered that it could be extracted in bulk from Hungarian paprika.

Project Vietnam

The organization identified Vitamin K deficiency as a major cause of newborn death, campaigned successfully for the implementation of a Vietnam national policy for Vitamin K injection after birth.

Retinene

"The names of all these molecules have recently been changed ... vitamin A is now retinol, retinene is retinal; there is also retinoic acid"—George Wald (1967).

Robert Schilling

Robert F. Schilling, American physician known for his research on vitamin B12

Royal Hospital Haslar

Dr James Lind (1716–1794), a leading physician at Haslar from 1758 till 1785, played a major part in discovering a cure for scurvy, not least through his pioneering use of a double blind methodology with Vitamin C supplements (limes).

Serutan

Serutan is especially associated with The Lawrence Welk Show and The Original Amateur Hour, both of which were also sponsored by J. B. Williams products Sominex, a sleeping pill and Geritol, a vitamin supplement.

Shaklee

They also find more favorable concentrations of chronic disease-related biomarkers such as HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood of long-term Shaklee vitamin users, as well as a lower risk of elevated blood pressure, compared to the control groups.

Smart shop

Tryptophan and 5-hydroxy-tryptophan, for instance, can be used to help the body replenish serotonin levels in the brain after the use of MDMA, and vitamin supplements are appropriate for users of stimulants such as amphetamine.

Spinal osteoarthropathy

Reptiles with this condition are usually fed small rodents (e.g. mice) which are small, easy to swallow and easily injectable with vitamin supplements.

Splintered

Richo, aided by Colin Bradley (tabletop guitar/electronics), assembled a final line-up for this that consisted of Stuart Carter (Heroin, Sarcasm, The Fields of Hay) on bass, Hassni Malik (dROME, The Vitamin B12) on guitar and James Hodson (later of Faust) on drums, percussion and flute.

Tocopherol

During feeding experiments with rats Herbert McLean Evans concluded in 1922 that besides vitamins B and C, an unknown vitamin existed.

Unsaponifiable

Unsaponifiables can be beneficial to a soap formula, because they may have properties such as moisturization, conditioning, vitamins, texture, etc.

Uromastyx

Artificial UVB/UVA light and vitamin supplements must be balanced with proper food and nutrition, UVB light is required for calcium absorption from the gut.

Vitamin C megadosage

The use of vitamin C in high doses as a treatment for cancer was promoted by Linus Pauling, based on a 1976 study published with Ewan Cameron which reported intravenous vitamin C significantly increased lifespans of patients with advanced cancer.

Vitamin P

Flavonoids, referred to as Vitamin P from the mid-1930s to early 50s

Fluoxetine (Prozac), euphemistically referred to as Vitamin P, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used for depression and various mental disorders

Paroxetine (Paxil), euphemistically referred to as Vitamin P, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used for depression and anxiety disorders

Vitamin Party

As of October 1, 2010, "Radical Agenda" (the title track of Vitamin Party's latest release), is used as background music for the "Sunny Side Up" Morning show, which airs Friday mornings on 90.7 KZUU out of Pullman Washington.

Vitamin Records

Vitamin Records has also released an album honoring songs from the popular video game series Guitar Hero.

Vitamin S

Whenever the opportunity arises Vitamin S also hosts workshops with international improvisers such as Susie Ibarra (New York), Eric Boeren (Holland), Manon-Liu Winter, Heinz-Peter Lindshalm/Petra Stump (Vienna), DJ Olive (NY), Mathieu Werchowski (France), The Necks (Australia/Europe), Mark Trayle (USA), The Thing and Experimenta (Argentina).

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Through innovations from Hector DeLuca, Vitamin D continues to be a large percentage of WARF's income, around 70%.


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