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- adjective chemistry containing two
hydroxy functional groups
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Examples
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Be sure to ask for 25 (OH) D blood test not 1, 25-dihydroxy-vitamin D (aka calcitriol).
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.: Is Your Child Vitamin D Deficient? 2010
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In fact a common cause of high 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D is a low 25 (OH) D or vitamin D deficiency.
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So when doctors see the 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D is normal or high and tell their patients that they are OK, they are often vitamin D deficient.
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Unfortunately, some doctors are still ordering the wrong test, 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D.
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The lab test you had 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D is not the best test to determine vitamin D levels.
Folate and fun in the sun | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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In the benzene series this reaction is difficult to establish, and has to be induced by distilling the particular dihydroxy-diphenylmethane at ordinary pressure.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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They are azo dyes, one of whose constituents is a body like salicylic acid, amido-benzoic acid, dihydroxy-naphthalene-sulpho acid, which contain the group OH, hydroxyl with carboxyl COOH.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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This suggested that similar to aromatic prenyltransferases a second (aromatic?) substrate may be involved in catalysis, e.g. 4-hydroxybenzoate (cf. UbiA) or a 1,4-dihydroxy-naphthaline derivative.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael L. Nickerson et al. 2010
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L-DOPA (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) is a naturally occurring amino acid found in the human brain and in certain plants (Macuna pruriens aka velvet bean).
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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Metabolic burning urine from allopurinol estimates reported with extra cells of molecular tracts have included dihydroxy and hyperuricemia.
Wii-volution 2010
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