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Fish Oils and Vitamin E - Summaries of the latest research concerning fish oils and vitamin E.
Anyvitamins.com- Vitamin C - Also known as ascorbic acid, discusses functions in body, food sources, recommended useage, overdosage, and suggested uses for the water soluble vitamin.
Natural Food: Fruit Vitamin C Content - The vitamin C content of over 50 commercial and wild fruits is listed, both by serving and by 100 mg sample.
Vitamin K and Your Nutrition - Provides functions of food sources, deficiency symptoms, and RDA's for the vitamin.
Linus Pauling Lectures on Vitamin C and Heart Disease - Two-time Nobel laureate and the world's foremost vitamin C proponent. An article about the man and the vitamin.
Vitamin C - Comprehensive review of the latest research on the health benefits of vitamin C.
Vitamin A and Your Nutrition - Includes body functions, suggested intake, and food sources high in the vitamin.
Vitamin C - Comprehensive review of the latest research and articles concerning health benefits of vitamin C.
Vitamin D- Facts and Information - Facts on the vitamin such as RDA intake, functions, absorption, and deficiency signs including rickets.
Vitamin E - Discussion of its function, deficiency, disease prevention, disease treatment, food sources, supplements, research, and recommendations from the Linus Pauling Institute.

Dihydrotachysterol - Dihydrotachysterol (DHT) is a synthetic vitamin D analog activated in the liver that does not require renal hydroxylation like vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). DHT has a rapid onset of action (2 hours), a shorter half-life, and a greater effect on mineralization of bone salts than does vitamin D.
Vitamin A - Vitamin A is an essential human nutrient. It exists not as a single compound, but in several forms.
Retinyl palmitate - Retinyl palmitate, or vitamin A palmitate, is a common vitamin supplement, with formula C36H60O2. It is available in both oral and injectable forms for treatment of vitamin A deficiency, under the brand names Aquasol A® and Palmitate A®.
Schillings test - A Schilling test is a test used to assess a patient's capacity to absorb vitamin B12 from the bowel. A radioactive vitamin B12 is given by mouth and urine collected for 24-hours.
Vitamin B6 - Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin. Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is the active form and is a cofactor in many reactions of amino acid metabolism, including transamination, deamination, and decarboxylation.