-5%
Cholecalciferol [Vitamin D3]
- Treats Vitamin D3 deficiency in people with limited sun exposure or inadequate dietary intake.
- Supports calcium and phosphate absorption essential for healthy bones and teeth, preventing rickets, osteomalacia, and osteoporosis.
- Prevents pre-eclampsia and supports the growing infant during breastfeeding.
- Plays a vital role in boosting immunity.
- The active form, Calcitriol, binds to Vitamin D receptors (VDRs) found in various tissues.
- Vitamin D3 is metabolized in the liver to Calcidiol and further in the kidneys to Calcitriol, the active form responsible for calcium absorption.
- It has a half-life of approximately 50 days, being fat-soluble and stored in fat and muscle tissue.
- Excreted via feces and urine.
