Abstract
Apart from synthetic vitamin A and pre-formed vitamin A contained in milk, eggs, liver and fish liver oils and their derivatives, the main source of supply of this vitamin for man and the farm animal is the so-called provitamin A present in plants and belonging to the group of carotenes and related carotenoids. In fact, β-carotene is the most important vitamin A precursor in human nutrition and in animal rations, since its presence in food and feed ingredients, particularly of leafy origin, greatly exceeds in concentration the other vitamin A active compounds. Cryptoxanthin is present in yellow corn (maize) and contributes significant vitamin A activity when high levels of yellow corn are used in animal rations.
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Bauernfeind, J.C., Brubacher, G.B., Kläui, H.M., Marusich, W.L. (1971). Use of Carotenoids. In: Isler, O., Gutmann, H., Solms, U. (eds) Carotenoids. Chemische Reihe, vol 23. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5831-1_11
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