THE UTILIZATION OF CAROTENE BY JAUNDICED AND PHOSPHORUS TREATED VITAMIN A DEFICIENT RATS

31 March 1935

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 111 (3) , 502-506
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1935.111.3.502

Abstract

Irrespective of the mode of administration, little or no conversion of carotene occurred in vit. A deficient icteric rats. Treatment of rats with P (but not with benzene, chloroform, or CCl4) led to a decreased ability to transform carotene to vit. A. Icteric rats can absorb vit. A from the intestines. The exps. suggest that the liver is the organ in which carotene is chiefly converted to vit. A.

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Vitamin A and carotene
Biochemical Journal, 1931
Carotene and vitamin A
Biochemical Journal, 1930