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Intestinal Absorption of Fat-Soluble Vitamins

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Vitamins are compounds that are required in small quantities for growth and maintenance of normal cell and organ functions; they are nutrients required primarily by vertebrates and not by lower organisms. Although vitamins may be grouped by their source or function, the most commonly used categorization relates to their chemical solubility, namely, hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, which is directly associated with absorption processes.

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Meydani, M., Martin, K.R. (2001). Intestinal Absorption of Fat-Soluble Vitamins. In: Mansbach, C.M., Tso, P., Kuksis, A. (eds) Intestinal Lipid Metabolism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1195-3_20

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