Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

seco campestatrieno

English translation:

seco campestatrien

Added to glossary by Ivan Nieves
Feb 25, 2009 14:20
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Spanish term

seco campestatrieno.

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general)
La vitamina D pertenece a la familia de los esteroides con un núcleo central del ciclopentanoperhidrofenantreno con cuatro anillos A, B, C, D y con distintas cadenas laterales; originándose múltiples y diversos compuestos entre los cuales se pueden destacar siete formas de vitamina D:


la D1 o previtamina D, compuesto equimolecular de ergocalciferol y lumisterol, la D2, ergocalciferol o ercalciol, la D3, colecalciferol o calciol, la D4, dihidroercalcidiol o dihidroercalciferol, la D5, etilcalciol o etilcolecalciferol, la D6, didehidrocalciol o didehidrocolecalciferol y la D7, que es un seco campestatrieno.
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Feb 28, 2009 13:52: Ivan Nieves Created KOG entry

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BLS LTD Feb 28, 2009:
Thanks for your useful references, Liz. As you advised, I did flag this with the client. Best wishes, Adam

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seco campestatrien

Creo que es asi en inglés!
Saludos y suerte!
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agree Dr. Andrew Frankland : Good reference, although you missed the final "e". Personally I would have called it a seco-campestatrienol, rather than simply a triene
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Thanks for your support and your opinion, Andrew!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. I went with seco-campestatriene with a note to the client."
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seco-campestotriene

Seco-
Cleavage of a ring with addition of one or more hydrogen atoms at each terminal group thus created is indicated by the prefix 'seco'. Examples: IUPAC Blue Book (Guide), p. 31

Secocampestrotriene and seco campestrotriene are not valid.


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Sorry, "campestatriene"!
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secosteroid

This is the best I can do, but if I were you I would go back to the author/client.

I am unable to locate anything on provitamin/vitamin D7. They may be talking about la provitamina D, denominada 7 - dehidrocolesterol

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:vc6X1NSF4wQJ:www.hospit...


Fundamentalmente se origina en la piel y en menor proporción se incorpora con la dieta.

Dado que muy pocos alimentos contienen vitamina D, entre ellos el salmón, sardinas, hígado, la yema de huevos, leche y alimentos suplementados con ésta, la mayoría de las personas reciben sus requerimientos a partir de la exposición solar.

Los rayos ultravioletas del sol (UVB) penetran en la epidermis, capa superficial de la piel, y son absorbidos por la provitamina D, denominada 7 - dehidrocolesterol. Esto provoca un reordenamiento en la estructura química que lo transforma en previtamina D.

Una vez formada esta molécula de previtamina D no es compatible para residir en la epidermis, pasa a la sangre y el 100 % de ésta se une a su proteína transportadora (DBP).

En contrapartida la vitamina D que proviene de la dieta se absorbe en el intestino delgado y sólo dos tercios de ésta se une a la DBP.

La unión a la proteína transportadora DBP le otorga a la vitamina D mayor vida media en la circulación.



Yahoo! Respuestas - ¿Qué es el 7- dehidrocolesterol?
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Approaches to the synthesis of vitamin D secosterols.
Title: Approaches to the synthesis of vitamin D secosterols. Author: Napoli, J.L.. Citation: Vitamin D : basic and clinical aspects / edited by Rajiv Kumar. ...
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by JL Napoli – 1984

Vitamin D
1936-Windaus isolated Vitamin.D3 (activated 7-dehydro cholesterol). ... D3) – the activated product of the animal sterol 7-dehydro cholesterol. ...
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I have to ask though why are there no hits for "seco-campestatrienol" on google? Is this so very rare then?
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Reference for the "seco" nomenclature

Although this is specifically for carotenoids, the general rule also applies to vitamin D nomenclature.
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