SummaryDetermination of la,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D, gross amounts of 1,25(OH)2D2 and 1,25(OH)2D3] and separative deter mination of 1,25(OH)2D2 and 1,25(OH)2D3 in plasma using calf thymus receptor have been investigated. A lipid extract from 1ml of plasma is applied to a Bond Elut C180H column and an eluate corresponding to 1,25 (OH)2D including both 1,25(OH)2D2 and 1,25(OH)2D3 is applied to calf thymus receptor to assay a gross amount of the two compounds. On the other hand, when separative assay of the two compounds is performed, the 1,25 (OH)2D eluate obtained from the Bond Elut C180H column is further applied to HPLC using a Zorbax SIL column with 5% isopro panol in methylene chloride as a developing solvent to separate the two compounds from one another. The separated eluates are independently applied to the receptor to assay the two compounds. Since less amounts of unknown components non-specifically bound to interfering concomi tants besides 1,25(OH)2D exist in the calf thymus receptor, complicated purification steps to eliminate the concomitants are unnecessary. The detection limit by this method is 1.25 pg/tube which is sensitive enough for a routine method to assay 1,25(OH)2D in plasma. Key Words vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, radioreceptor assay, calf thymus receptor Vitamin D (vitamin D is used as a general name for vitamins D2 and D3 and the same nomenclature system is also applied to the metabolites) is metabolized to in the liver and subsequently to la,25-dihy droxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) or 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25(OH)2D) in the kidney (1, 2). 1,25(OH)2D is known as an active form of vitamin D which promotes intestinal calcium absorption and remodeling in bone to keep calcium homostasis. Recent investigations have revealed that 1,25(OH)2D has the activity