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4 unusual facts about Vitamin A


Beet pulp

-- What is the other 88.7% ? Article doesn't say--> It has no Vitamin A, so additional forage or supplementation is required to provide complete nutrition.

Endive

Endive is rich in many vitamins and minerals, especially in folate and vitamins A and K, and is high in fiber.

John Roan School

Sir Jack Drummond, biochemist who separated Vitamin A, and declared the chemicals that are now known as Vitamins A, B & C, and was murdered in France in 1952

STRA6

STRA6 is the receptor for retinol binding protein and is relevant for the transport of retinol to specific sites such as the eye (Vitamin A).


Cheilitis

Common causes of drug-related cheilitis include Etretinate, Indinavir, Protease inhibitors, Vitamin A and Isotretinoin (a retinoid drug).

Nutritional immunology

Nutritional immunology researchers have discovered novel mechanisms by which naturally occurring compounds such as conjugated linoleic acid, abscisic acid, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, resveratrol, curcumin, limonin, Vitamin E, Vitamin A, and Vitamin D modulate immune responses.


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David Adriaan van Dorp

In 1946, while employed by the Dutch Organon company in Oss, Van Dorp and Jozef Ferdinand Arens ('Coco') published the synthesis for vitamin A acid in the scientific journal Nature.

Retinene

"The names of all these molecules have recently been changed ... vitamin A is now retinol, retinene is retinal; there is also retinoic acid"—George Wald (1967).