NCT01815437

Evaluating Vitamin D Content in Mushrooms

Evaluation of Vitamin D in a Mushroom Supplement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate how much vitamin D is present in a mushroom supplement. This supplement contains an extract from mushrooms that have been exposed to sunlight. The mushroom supplement will be compared to non-commercially available vitamin D supplements produced in a Goo Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-licensed facility.

Detailed description

Mushrooms have the capability to produce vitamin D in a similar way to human skin. When exposed to ultraviolet light, mushrooms will convert a precursor to vitamin D. This reaction produces large amounts of vitamin D. This study is comparing a natural source of vitamin D to a synthetic source of vitamin D and will help determine if mushrooms are a novel source for this essential nutrient.

Conditions

• Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Mushroom Vitamin D2	2000 IU vitamin D2 in a mushroom extract, once/day for 12 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Cholecalciferol	2000 IU crystalline cholecalciferol once/day for 12 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin D2 - Ergocalciferol	2000 IU vitamin D2, ergocalciferol once/day for 12 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Mushroom Extract	Same quantity of mushroom extract in a capsule

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2013-03-21
• Last updated: 2017-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States