Vitamin A and carotene
- 1 January 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 27 (3) , 898-902
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0270898
Abstract
Exps. with B-carotene and a vit. A concentrate on 24 young rats indicate that, contrary to views widely held, carotene is utilized in the body as efficiently as preformed vit. A at levels approaching the min. dose.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The fate of carotene after absorption in the animal organismBiochemical Journal, 1931
- Vitamin A and caroteneBiochemical Journal, 1931