Vitamin D analogues
The active natural hormonal form of
Types
These include:
- Alfacalcidol
- Calcipotriol (calcipotriene)
- Doxercalciferol
- Falecalcitriol
- Paricalcitol
- Tacalcitol
Mechanisms
These modified vitamin D analogues have side chain or other modifications. They aim to reduce the classical renal and intestinal effects of calcitriol on
differentiation, especially in skin, or other effects in the parathyroid gland (secondary hyperparathyroidism) or bone cells.[5]