... University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia2 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA3 Department of Pharmacognosy ... tissues such as the adre-nal gland may receive vitamin D from the bloodstreamfor further metabolism [4].In conclusion, the identification of new metabolites of vitamin D3 made by the action of P450scc ... metabolism, the hormonally active form of vitamin D3, 1a, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, displays anti-cancer, immunoregulatory and endocrine effects, and is also a potent antiproliferative and differentiation-inducing...