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THE REDUCTION OF RETINENE(1) TO VITAMIN A(1) IN VITRO

In the surviving vertebrate retina the retinene(1) liberated by bleaching rhodopsin is converted quantitatively to vitamin A(1). Recent chemical studies have indicated that in this process the aldehyde group of retinene(1) is reduced to the primary alcohol group of vitamin A(1) (Morton; Wald). Some...

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Autores principales: Wald, George, Hubbard, Ruth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1949
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18108501