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Vitamin A

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Carotenoids

Part of the book series: Chemische Reihe ((LMW/C,volume 23))

Abstract

The essential physiological function of carotenoids in animals is to act as precursors of vitamin A; one of the enzymic transformations in animals on which the very existence of higher animals depends is the splitting of plant carotenoids to give the active vitamin.

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