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- Title
Vitamin D2 from light-exposed edible mushrooms is safe, bioavailable and effectively supports bone growth in rats.
- Authors
Calvo, M S; Babu, U S; Garthoff, L H; Woods, T O; Dreher, M; Hill, G; Nagaraja, S
- Abstract
Widespread poor vitamin D status, a health risk for bone disease, increases the need for new food sources of vitamin D. Light-exposed edible mushrooms synthesize vitamin D(2). Bioavailability, safety, and efficacy of high levels of vitamin D(2) from mushrooms to support bone health was established in chronically fed growing rats.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 1, p197
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-012-1934-9