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Provitamins

Known as: Vitamin Precursor, Precursors, Vitamin, Precursor, Vitamin 
Precursor forms of vitamins.
National Institutes of Health

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7-dehydrocholesterolBeta CaroteneBeta-CryptoxanthinDehydrocholesterols
In BloodProcess of secretionagonistsantagonists & inhibitors

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops
Crop biofortification is a sustainable and cost-effective strategy to address malnutrition in developing countries. This review… 
2012
2012
The antibiotic CJ-15,801 is an antimetabolite that hijacks and then inhibits CoA biosynthesis.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Plant sources of provitamin A and human nutriture.
Hypovitaminosis A is a problem in many parts of the developing world. Beyond the stop-gap measures of capsule distribution and… 
2004
2004
Anabolic Effect of β-Cryptoxanthin on Bone Components in the Femoral Tissues of Aged Rats in Vivo and in Vitro
The effect of β-cryptoxanthin on bone components in the femoral tissues of aged rats was investigated. β-Cryptoxanthin was… 
2002
2002
Vitamin A-related compounds, all-trans retinal and retinoic acids, selectively inhibit activities of mammalian replicative DNA polymerases.
1997
1997
Effects of provitamin A or non-provitamin A carotenoids on liver xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in mice.
To determine whether carotenoids can modulate xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in mice, catalytic activities of several phase I… 
1991
1991
Recent advances in the synthesis of achiral carotenoids
Abstract 
1989
1989
Production of Carotenoids with Fungi
Humans,like most other animals, need carotenoids but cannot synthesize them. Our main suppliers are the fruits and vegetables… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The conversion of beta-carotene into vitamin A.
  • J. Glover
  • Vitamins and hormones
  • 1960
  • Corpus ID: 9518418
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Provitamin D3 in tissues and the conversion of cholesterol to 7-dehydrocholesterol in vivo.
The discovery that the absorption bands at 293, 281-5 and 271 m,u. (Heilbron, Kamm & Morton, 1926, 1927) present in fractions… 
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