VITAMIN D: Anti‐rachitic factor and kidney hormone

Abstract

During the early years of the present century it was suggested that, besides all the then known nutrients, “accessory food factors” were required for the health and growth of man and animals. McCollum and Davis showed in 1915 that at least two such factors were necessary. One was present in fatty and the other in non‐fatty foods; they were named “Fat‐soluble A” and “Water‐soluble B” respectively. At the instigation of Drummond these factors were renamed vitamin A and vitamin B. Subsequently the so‐called “vitamin A” was shown to be a mixture of the factor known to cure xerophthalmia (i.e. vitamin A) and the one that was then shown to cure rickets.

Citation

Sharman, I.M. (1975), "VITAMIN D: Anti‐rachitic factor and kidney hormone", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 75 No. 4, pp. 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058635