Moreover, China is estimated to be the largest producer, consumer, and exporter of vitamin D in the world. According to the statistics from the China Pharmaceutical Industry Association (CPIA) and China Feed Industry Association (CFIA), China’s vitamin production accounted for ~70.9% of the wo...
Vitamin A supplement; lactating mothers; serum; breast milk; infant1. Introduction Vitamin A is an essential nutrient that is important for maintaining normal vision, gene expression, reproduction, embryonic development, growth, and immune function [1]. The human body cannot synthesise this nutrient,...
As mentioned above, the recommended daily supplement for people is 400 IU. In humans, doses of ‘only’ 250,000–300,000 IU are associated with short-term increased falls and fracture risks. Levels of 25D in the rats were consistently 4–6 times the controls. High-dose vitamin D ...
Pets can be sensitive to changes in taste or smell, which may lead to reluctance in consuming the supplement when added to their feed or water [148]. Additionally, achieving the correct dosage can be difficult if the pet is particular about flavors or if the liquid formulation is unappealing...
We also analyzed the interaction of covariates such as age, sex, BMI, insomnia degree, 25OHD supplement, physical activity level, and summer sunshine duration with serum 25OHD (Table S4 in Supplementary Materials). The results suggest a significant interaction between sex and 25OHD (pinteraction...
Vitamin D3 and each of its analogues is a steroid hormone involved in the metabolism of calcium. It has been shown in experimental studies that this supplement increases the production of protoporphyrin IX in mitochondria, supporting the destruction of cancer cells during PDT [37]. It is notewort...
Spain) and grown to confluence in a standard incubator at 37 °C under humidified 5% CO2 conditions in Endothelial Cell Medium (Innoprot, p60104, Vizcaya, Spain) containing 5% FBS (Innoprot, Vizcaya, Spain), 1% Endothelial Cell Grow Supplement (ECGS, Innoprot, Vizcaya, Spain), and penicillin...
(8.7%) and 21 in the placebo group (80.1%;p< 0.0001).l-arginine plus vitamin C supplementation improved walking performance, muscle strength, endothelial function, and fatigue in adults with long COVID. This supplement may, therefore, be considered to restore physical performance and relieve ...
Recently, heat stress in late gestation was an economic burden on the US dairy industry [5]. A similar situation exists in Taiwan. The transition period is characterized by decreased dry matter intake, liver dysfunction, and increased inflammation and oxidative stress [6], which might increase ...
[9], they tend to consume at least one as adults [10,11,12,13], mainly in the form of multivitamins [11,13,14]. As concerns for consumer safety have been raised [9,15,16], the need for transparency in the dietary supplement industry in parallel to consumer education is imminent [...