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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...
Autores principales: | Green, Alice S., Fascetti, Andrea J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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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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