Meeting the Vitamin A Requirement: The Efficacy and Importance of β-Carotene in Animal Species

Vitamin A is essential for life in all vertebrate animals. Vitamin A requirement can be met from dietary preformed vitamin A or provitamin A carotenoids, the most important of which is β-carotene. The metabolism of β-carotene, including its intestinal absorption, accumulation in tissues, and convers...

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Autores principales: Green, Alice S., Fascetti, Andrea J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7393620

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7393620

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