Vitamin D Status Among Women Living in Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region and HPLC-MS Analysis for MeasuringVitamin D in Organic and Non-organic Eggs | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2017, Pages 160-172 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kujss.2017.124953 | ||
| Authors | ||
| and Shwan K.Rachid; Banaz O.Rasheed; Parekhan M.Jaff; Kharman A.Faraj | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Vitamin D is a suparstar of our health. Sun exposure is the major source of vitamin D for most humans, and the primary cause of vitamin D deficiency in women living in Kurdistan is the lack of appreciation of the sun. Very few foods naturally known to contain vitamin D, and these foods are not a part of these women daily meals. In the first section of this study, the measured serum 25(OH), D levels for 1128 women and girls were considered. Over 79% of these results were below the standard range value. In the second part of this study, we use analysis with the Hight Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS) method to elucidate the ratio of Vitamin D between commercially produced eggs (non-organic eggs) and Vitamin D in eggs produced by hens raised on pasture (organic eggs). Data showed vitamin D content in organic eggs 7.66 fold higher than non-organic eggs. It is clear that attention should pay to the vitamin D status of women in Kurdistan | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Natural sunlight; Vitamin D; eggs; Mass Spectrometry | ||
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