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Science 25 August 1967:
Vol. 157. no. 3791, pp. 943 - 945
DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3791.943
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Vitamins D2 and D3 in New World Primates: Influence on Calcium Absorption

Ronald D. Hunt 1, F. G. Garcia 1, D. Mark Hegsted 2, and Noemi Kaplinsky 2

1 New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southboro, Massachusetts
2 Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

In Cebus albifrons monkeys it was demonstrated that vitamin D3 promotes the intestinal absorption of calcium-47 and that vitamin D2 does not increase absorption above that seen in monkeys deficient in vitamin D. These data support previous observations that vitamin D2 is not effective in preventing metabolic bone disease in this species.

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