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Vitamin A or Retinol
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Vitamin A or Retinol has many properties such as protecting us from solar radiation, protects the mucous membranes and helps wound healing.
There is vitamin A or retinol supplied by animal foods and provitamin A and Carotenoids (which will become active when transformed into retinol during intestinal absorption) of plant origin.
Retinol is also the main [...]
Vitamin A
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Brief Definition
Vitamin A belongs to the group of fat soluble vitamins (soluble in fat) is essential for the organism.
This vitamin is present in foods of animal origin as a pre-formed vitamin A and retinol is called while the plant appears as provitamin A, also known as carotenoids that stands out among the beta carotene.
Beta carotene [...]
