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    Vitamin D2 from light-exposed edible mushrooms is safe, bioavailable and effectively supports bone growth in rats

    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 D2. Bioavailability, safety, and efficacy ...

    M. S. Calvo, U. S. Babu, L. H. Garthoff, T. O. Woods in Osteoporosis International (2013)

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    Vitamin D and respiratory infections in infants and toddlers: a nutri-shine perspective

    There is compelling evidence of a global problem of poor vitamin D status in expecting mothers and postnatal life; and even more critical, is the evidence showing the association of vitamin D deficiency with i...

    K. V. Balan, U. S. Babu, D. E. Godar, M. S. Calvo in Handbook of vitamin D in human health (2013)

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    Effect of dietary rosemary extract on cell-mediated immunity of young rats

    The impact of rosemary extract on splenic mononuclear cell proliferation was determined. Weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed diets containing 0, 100, 200 or 400 ppm rosemary extract or 400 ppm butylated...

    U.S. Babu, P.L. Wiesenfeld, M.Y. Jenkins in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (1998)