Sunday, May 22, 2005
Good Day Sunshine!
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050521/D8A7MPFG0.html
This is the biochemical pathway of Vitamin D (from its precursors which you ingest) in the body. The first step requires UV light to break a covalent bond in the steroid molecule (note curved arrows showing rearrangement of electrons (that's ALL that you do in organic chem in college!) . The scientific process... such beauty... the ultimate in keeping an open mind...
This is the biochemical pathway of Vitamin D (from its precursors which you ingest) in the body. The first step requires UV light to break a covalent bond in the steroid molecule (note curved arrows showing rearrangement of electrons (that's ALL that you do in organic chem in college!) . The scientific process... such beauty... the ultimate in keeping an open mind...
# posted by C @ 1:40 PM 
