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vitamin A biosynthesis

Known as: vitamin A synthesis, vitamin A anabolism, vitamin A biosynthetic process 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid… Expand
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Review
2019
Review
2019
Insights into the role of bacteria in vitamin A biosynthesis: Future research opportunities
Abstract Significant efforts have been made to address the hidden hunger challenges due to iron, zinc, iodine, and vitamin A… Expand
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2011
2011
Metabolic engineering of Vitamin A biosynthesis in probiotic bacteria
 
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Vitamin A formation in animals: molecular identification and functional characterization of carotene cleaving enzymes.
Vitamin A and its derivatives (retinoids) are essential components in vision; they contribute to pattern formation during… Expand
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Molecular analysis of vitamin A formation: cloning and characterization of beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenases.
Beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase cleaves beta-carotene into two molecules of retinal and is the key enzyme in the metabolism of… Expand
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1966
1966
[A new approach to the study to the mechanism of vitamin A biosynthesis from carotene: O18 activation by nuclear reaction O18 (alpha, eta gamma) Ne21 using cyclotron-accelerated alpha-particles].
 
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Review
1965
Review
1965
Some aspects of the metabolism and biochemistry of vitamin A.
  • J. Thompson
  • The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
  • 1965
    • Corpus ID: 16129062
The metabolism of vitamin A Formation of retinof, retinyl esters and retinal. Dietary provitamins and vitamin A are sources of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
The enzymatic cleavage of beta-carotene into vitamin A by soluble enzymes of rat liver and intestine.
That 13-carotene can serve as a precursor of vitamin A in mammals was demonstrated almost 40 years ago." 2 In spite of… Expand
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1954
1954
IN VITRO studies of vitamin A formation.
  • Nutrition reviews
  • 1954
    • Corpus ID: 45797214
 
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1948
1948
The mechanism of retinal vitamin A formation.
  • A. F. Bliss
  • The Journal of biological chemistry
  • 1948
    • Corpus ID: 38419865
 
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1938
1938
Vitamin A formation in liver diseeses.
 
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